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• Open-pit mining — El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open pit copper mine …   Wikipedia

• open-pit mining — [ō′pən pit΄] n. a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole: see also STRIP MINING * * *        surface… …   Universalium

• open-pit mining — [ō′pən pit΄] n. a method of mining, usually for metallic ores, in which the waste and ore are completely removed from the sides and bottom of a pit which gradually becomes an enormous canyonlike hole: see also STRIP MINING …   English World dictionary

• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

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• Mining engineering — Surface coal mine with haul truck in foreground Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring… …   Wikipedia

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• Mining archaeology in British Isles — Mining Archaeology is a specific field well developed in the British Isles during recent decades. A reason of ongoing interest in this field is the particular bond between regional history and the exploitation of metals. References to mines in… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Zambia — Centres of mining operations include Konkola and Kitwe. Contents 1 Mining in Kitwe 1.1 Mopani Copper Mines 1.2 Konkola Copper Mine 1.3 Rokana Mine …   Wikipedia