open-pit
adjective
US
: involving the removal of the surface of a large area of land to get at a mineral or other material that is near to the surface
an open-pit mine
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Then, drop by the massive Lavender Pit to experience an entirely different type of mine: an open-pit copper mine.
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
Hazelwood was erected to burn brown coal from an adjacent open-pit mine.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In Mozambique, open-pit coal mining has severely harmed the health of people in local communities and led to land expropriation and human rights abuses.
—Nnimmo Bassey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2022
One Sky Island range to the north, in the Santa Ritas, Hudbay is developing what promises to be a massive open-pit copper mine called Copper World.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2024
Hazelwood was erected to burn brown coal from an adjacent open-pit mine.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
In Mozambique, open-pit coal mining has severely harmed the health of people in local communities and led to land expropriation and human rights abuses.
—Nnimmo Bassey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2022
One Sky Island range to the north, in the Santa Ritas, Hudbay is developing what promises to be a massive open-pit copper mine called Copper World.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
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“Open-pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-pit. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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