Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In mining, a working open to the day; an openwork.
- Pertaining to or obtained from such workings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
opencut .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chiefly UK Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sinosteel, another Chinese-owned metals conglomerate, has plans to develop a massive opencast iron ore mine in the Weld range, a ridge of hills 400 miles north-east of Perth.
Australia leases out mineral-rich land as China's hunger for resources grows 2011
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Shortly thereafter CCL made two more opencast mine of about 5 sq.km each displacing villagers in 8 villages and scattered hamlets and this mining is still continuing towards a heavily built-up tribal area in the forest See newspaper report of today by Jaideep Degharia.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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Shortly thereafter CCL made two more opencast mine of about 5 sq.km each displacing villagers in 8 villages and scattered hamlets and this mining is still continuing towards a heavily built-up tribal area in the forest See newspaper report of today by Jaideep Degharia.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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Vincent Ball had discover the South Karanpura filed near Tungi south of the Damodar River where today there are vast opencast and underground coal mines Bachra, Dakra, Rai, Hindigir, etc.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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Shortly thereafter CCL made two more opencast mine of about 5 sq.km each displacing villagers in 8 villages and scattered hamlets and this mining is still continuing towards a heavily built-up tribal area in the forest See newspaper report of today by Jaideep Degharia.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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Vincent Ball had discover the South Karanpura filed near Tungi south of the Damodar River where today there are vast opencast and underground coal mines Bachra, Dakra, Rai, Hindigir, etc.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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Under the plans, ministers agreed to keep a permanent stockpile of at least six months 'supply of coal, increase coal imports, build more oil-burn, nuclear and gas-fired power stations and encourage development of more opencast mines.
How Margaret Thatcher planned to undermine miners' union 2010
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Vincent Ball had discover the South Karanpura filed near Tungi south of the Damodar River where today there are vast opencast and underground coal mines Bachra, Dakra, Rai, Hindigir, etc.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
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The only other working goldmine in the UK is in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, an opencast site near Cavanacaw which uses the same strata of rock at Cononish.
Scottish gold mine turned down at Loch Lochmond Severin Carrell Scotland correspondent 2010
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Shortly thereafter CCL made two more opencast mine of about 5 sq.km each displacing villagers in 8 villages and scattered hamlets and this mining is still continuing towards a heavily built-up tribal area in the forest See newspaper report of today by Jaideep Degharia.
Jeff Biggers: India's Coal Rush and Form of Mountaintop Removal: Interview with Jharkhand Leader Bulu Imam Jeff Biggers 2010
ruzuzu commented on the word opencast
Here's a word about mining.
January 22, 2013