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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Australia’s primary legacy on Bougainville is Panguna, a colossal, open-pit copper and gold mine that, while dormant, is still one of the largest on earth, and whose controversial operation kindled the Bougainvillean uprising.
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Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The highlight of the festival is the street-side lamb roast with eight rotating open-pit spits.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
Then, drop by the massive Lavender Pit to experience an entirely different type of mine: an open-pit copper mine.
—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
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Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
The highlight of the festival is the street-side lamb roast with eight rotating open-pit spits.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 21 Sep. 2024
Then, drop by the massive Lavender Pit to experience an entirely different type of mine: an open-pit copper mine.
—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
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“Open-pit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open-pit. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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