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OPENCAST MINING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The mining of ore or coal from an open mine
Synonyms:
opencast mining; strip mining
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("opencast mining" is a kind of...):
excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)