opencast mining
noun[U]
NATURAL RESOURCESukustheactivityof takingminerals,especiallycoal, from thesurfaceof thegroundratherthan frompassagesdugunder it:
Thedemandis forcompensationfordamagedone to thelandbyopencastmining.
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The coalfield experienced a late-stage development whenopencastminingwas commenced on a large scale, mostly on the gently-dipping north crop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Opencastminingis still in operation today within the area and the land around the castle has also been subject to this.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nowadays the local coal mines have closed, and after extensiveopencastminingin recent years the land has reverted to its former agricultural state.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mines now in operation are better managed underopencastminingas compared to the past.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.From about 1954 for several years the area just north of the village as far as the primary school was subject toopencastmining.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the 1960sopencastminingtook over the surrounding countryside.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To increase wartime coal production, the government introducedopencastminingall over the country.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The walk comprises around 34 miles of ash path from start to finish with some being concreted (remnants of the oldopencastminingarea).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such methods could be very effective inopencastmining, but fire-setting was very dangerous when used in underground workings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They followed the ore veins underground onceopencastminingwas no longer feasible.
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