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PRONUNCIATION OF OPEN PIT

open pit  [ˈəʊpən pɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN PIT

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Open pit is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OPEN PIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

open pit

Open-pit mining

Open-pit mining, open-cut mining or opencast mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow. This form of mining differs from extractive methods that require tunneling into the earth such as long wall mining. Open-pit mines are used when deposits of commercially useful minerals or rock are found near the surface; that is, where the overburden is relatively thin or the material of interest is structurally unsuitable for tunneling. For minerals that occur deep below the surface - where the overburden is thick or the mineral occurs as veins in hard rock - underground mining methods extract the valued material. Open-pit mines that produce building materials and dimension stone are commonly referred to as quarries. Open-pit mines are typically enlarged until either the mineral resource is exhausted, or an increasing ratio of overburden to ore makes further mining uneconomic. When this occurs, the exhausted mines are sometimes converted to landfills for disposal of solid wastes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPEN PIT


armpit
ˈɑːmˌpɪt
carpet
ˈkɑːpɪt
cockpit
ˈkɒkˌpɪt
decrepit
dɪˈkrɛpɪt
drapet
ˈdræpɪt
moppet
ˈmɒpɪt
muppet
ˈmʌpɪt
pit
pɪt
Pitt
pɪt
poppit
ˈpɒpɪt
pulpit
ˈpʊlpɪt
puppet
ˈpʌpɪt
respite
ˈrɛspɪt
snippet
ˈsnɪpɪt
spit
spɪt
sumpit
ˈsʌmpɪt
tapet
ˈtæpɪt
tappet
ˈtæpɪt
trumpet
ˈtrʌmpɪt
whippet
ˈwɪpɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPEN PIT

open government
open ground
open house
open learning
open learning centre
open letter
open market
open marriage
open mike
open order
open policy
open position
open primary
open prison
open punctuation
open question
open sandwich
open scholarship
open season
open secret

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN PIT

barbecue pit
bear pit
borrow pit
catch pit
clay pit
coal pit
gravel pit
inspection pit
lime pit
mosh pit
orchestra pit
snake pit
stone pit
the pit

Synonyms and antonyms of open pit in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «open pit» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

露天
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

a cielo abierto
570 millions of speakers

English

open pit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुले गड्ढे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حفرة مفتوحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

карьер
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

céu aberto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আদেশনামা খোল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mine à ciel ouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perintah terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tagebau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

露天掘り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

노천
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak order
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lộ thiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த ஒழுங்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओपन ऑर्डर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Açık sipariş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

a cielo aperto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odkrywki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кар´єр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carierei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοιχτό λάκκο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oopgroef
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dagbrott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dagbruddet
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN PIT»

Discover the use of open pit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open pit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design
This book will assist in meeting stakeholder requirements for pit slopes that are stable, in regards to safety, ore recovery and financial return, for the required life of the mine.
John Read, 2009
2
Partial Differential Equations
This text gathers, revises and explains the newly developed Adomian decomposition method along with its modification and some traditional techniques.
Abdul-Majid Wazwaz, 2012
3
Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 1998
Mining Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo. , USA ABSTRACT: In open pit mine design, scheduling is normally based on underlying push backs (i.e. incremental pits). Many different push back design algorithms ...
Raj K. Singhal, 1998
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Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety: Chemical, ...
Conventional Methods of Surface Mining Open-pit mining and strip mining are the two major categories of surface mining which account for more than 90% worldwide surface mining production. The primary differences between these mining ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
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Blasting Principles for Open Pit Mining
The first volume introduces basic engineering concepts and the building blocks that make up a blast design. The second volume goes into more depth to provide a better understanding of the fundamental concepts involved in rock blasting.
W. A. Hustrulid, 1999
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Open Pit Mine Planning and Design, Two Volume Set & CD-ROM ...
The operating costs of open pit mines depends on the size and numbers of drills, shovels, and trucks, which in turn is dependent on the tons per day of ore and waste. In most open pit mines mining low grade ore, there is little if any difference  ...
William A. Hustrulid, Mark Kuchta, Randall K. Martin, 2013
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Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability
Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book expands on the hydrogeological model chapter in the LOP ...
John Read, Geoff Beale, 2014
8
Computer Applications in the Mineral Industries
Qing Wang & Huoran Sun Northeastern University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China ABSTRACT: The objective of open-pit production planning is to maximize the total Net Present Value (NPV) over the entire life of the mining operation.
Xie, 2001
9
Introductory Mining Engineering
Most surface quarries use the open pit mining method: most underground quarries utilize the room-and-pillar or stope-and-pillar mining method. In this book, we define quarrying as the mining method associated with the production of intact ...
Howard L. Hartman, Jan M. Mutmansky, 2002
10
Rock Slope Engineering: Fourth Edition
1.2.2 Open pit mining slope stability The three main components of an open pit slope design are as follows (Figure 1.5). First, the overall pit slope angle from crest to toe, incorporates all ramps and benches. This may be a composite slope with ...
Duncan C. Wyllie, Chris Mah, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN PIT»

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Acacia Mining PLC Lifted to "Buy" at Investec (ACA)
Buzwagi is a low-grade bulk deposit with a single large open pit. North Mara is a high-grade open pit mine, with future underground potential, ... «Mideast Time, Jul 15»
2
B2Gold Announces Filing of Technical Report on the Fekola Project
An open pit gold mine with an initial production life of mine ("LOM") of ... New open pit probable mineral reserves of 49.2 million tonnes at a ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
3
Cambridge Classic Powerboat Regatta returns for 105th year
The community is also welcome to look around in the open pit area and talk with the race teams. This year's Cambridge Classic is the fourth ... «My Eastern Shore, Jul 15»
4
AZRat Pack finds adventure on the Devil's Highway
“The route from Clifton to Alpine is the section recognized for its varying scenery, passing one of the largest open pit mines in the world at ... «Eastern Arizona Courier, Jul 15»
5
Deal puts $175M into Rainy River gold project
Over its first nine years of full production, the 21,000-tonne per day, combined open pit-underground mining operation is expected to produce ... «The Chronicle Journal, Jul 15»
6
Canadian court to hear Stans Energy appeal over Kyrgyz Republic's …
The Toronto-based company had acquired a 20-year mining license for the past-producing Kutessay II open pit rare earth mine in Kyrgyzstan in ... «MINING.com, Jul 15»
7
Acacia Mining PLC Upgraded at Citigroup Inc. (ACA)
Buzwagi is a low-grade bulk deposit with a single large open pit. North Mara is a high-grade open pit mine, with future underground potential, consisting of three ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
8
Empire Editorial: Canada can say 'no' to mining
... to the drawing board to reassess its plans for the Morrison Mine, a proposed open pit copper and gold mine in the Skeena River watershed, ... «Juneau Empire, Jul 15»
9
TD Securities Lowers Imperial Metals Corp Price Target to C$10.50 …
The Company owns 100% of the Mount Polley open pit copper/gold mine located 56 kilometers northeast of Williams Lake in British Columbia, ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
10
Victoria Gold Is Fairly Valued And High Risk (VITFF)
The Eagle gold project is a conventional open pit, heap leach mining operation that will produce on average 190,000 ounces of gold annually. «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»

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