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Meaning of "opencast mining" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OPENCAST MINING

From open + archaic cast ditch or cutting.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OPENCAST MINING

opencast mining  [ˈəʊpənˌkɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPENCAST MINING

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Opencast mining is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OPENCAST MINING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

opencast mining

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.

Definition of opencast mining in the English dictionary

The definition of opencast mining in the dictionary is mining by excavating from the surface Also called: strip mining, open-cut mining.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPENCAST MINING


broadcast
ˈbrɔːdˌkɑːst
downcast
ˈdaʊnˌkɑːst
forecast
ˈfɔːˌkɑːst
multicast
ˈmʌltɪˌkɑːst
newscast
ˈnjuːzˌkɑːst
nowcast
ˈnaʊˌkɑːst
outcast
ˈaʊtˌkɑːst
overcast
ˈəʊvəˌkɑːst
podcast
ˈpɒdˌkɑːst
precast
ˈpriːˌkɑːst
roughcast
ˈrʌfˌkɑːst
simulcast
ˈsɪməlˌkɑːst
sportscast
ˈspɔːtsˌkɑːst
stonecast
ˈstəʊnˌkɑːst
subcaste
ˈsʌbˌkɑːst
telecast
ˈtɛlɪˌkɑːst
typecast
ˈtaɪpˌkɑːst
vodcast
ˈvɒdˌkɑːst
weathercast
ˈweðərˌkɑːst
webcast
ˈwɛbˌkɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPENCAST MINING

open-mouthed
open-necked
open-plan
open-reel
open-standard
open-top
open-topped
openability
openable
opencast
opener
opening
opening act
opening arguments
opening balance
opening batsman
opening bowler
opening ceremony
opening gambit
opening hours

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPENCAST MINING

adjoining
bargaining
beginning
combining
data mining
declining
determining
draining
entertaining
in-service training
in training
lining
mining
on-the-job training
out of training
reclining
remaining
shining
sustaining
training
whining

Synonyms and antonyms of opencast mining in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «opencast mining» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPENCAST MINING

Find out the translation of opencast mining to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of opencast mining from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «opencast mining» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

露天开采
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minería a cielo abierto
570 millions of speakers

English

opencast mining
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुली खदान खनन
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

التعدين المكشوفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открытая добыча полезных ископаемых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mineração a céu aberto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

opencast
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´exploitation minière à ciel ouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Opencast
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 광산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Opencast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khai thác mỏ lộ thiên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

opencast
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओपनस्टेस्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Açık madencilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miniere a cielo aperto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górnictwo odkrywkowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкритий видобуток корисних копалин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

exploatări miniere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπαίθρια ορυχεία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oopgroefmynbou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dagbrott
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dagbrudd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of opencast mining

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPENCAST MINING»

The term «opencast mining» is normally little used and occupies the 125.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPENCAST MINING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «opencast mining» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «opencast mining» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about opencast mining

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPENCAST MINING»

Discover the use of opencast mining in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opencast mining and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Safety and Health in Opencast Mines: An ILO Code of Practice
... remedial measures can be implemented; 1.1.1.5. to promote the fullest consultation and cooperation between governments, employers' organisations and workers' organisations in the improvement of health and safety in opencast mining.
‎1991
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Digging up trouble: the environment, protest and opencast ...
Digging Up Trouble examines questions central to social science debates through a specific empirical scenario, focusing on the controversies surrounding open-cast mining (known in North America as "strip mining") in order to examine the ...
Huw Beynon, Andrew W. Cox, Ray Hudson, 2000
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Environmental Concerns And Strategics
Land Degradation Due to Opencast Mining Opencast mining leads to a variety of environmental problems, the most serious amongst them being land degradation. Virtually all surface mining methods produce dramatic changes in the ...
T.N. Khoshoo, 2008
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World Mining Congress 2003 - Volume
After nationalization of coal mines (1973), there had been an upsurge of opencast mining from a mere 26% in 1972 to 75% presently. With increased population of HEMM (Heavy Earth Moving Machinery), the rate of fatal accidents in opencast ...
‎2004
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Mine Planning and Equipment Selection 2004: Proceedings of ...
Many of the different classifications of opencast mining systems, which were analyzed in details in the works (Arsentyiev, 1994; Shevyakov, 1953; Rakishev, 2003), give the evidence of it. Among the known classifications, only the opencast ...
Monika Hardygóra, Gabriela Paszkowska, Marek Sikora, 2004
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Ground Control in Mining
The opencast mining in such area poses numerous problems. One of the important problem is stability of slope of opencast mine situated in faulted rock mass. This paper described the procedure of constructing Equivalent Material Model ...
S.K. Sarkar, 1997
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Mining Science and Technology: Proceedings of the 5th ...
China ABSTRACT: Dragline application is an advanced technique for opencast mining, which is integrated with mining, transportation and earth discharge. It can directly discharge the stripping earth into the earth stock yard. This technique ...
Yuehan Wang, Shirong Ge, Guangli Guo, 2004
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Mining, Challenges of the 21st Century
Here, too, advances in mobile equipment designs using rubber tyres and crawlers have introduced a flexibility hitherto unavailable. 14. Opencast Technology in India 14.1 The opencast mining systems adopted in India so far have been based ...
Ajoy K. Ghose, B. B. Dhar, 2000
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Mineral Resources Management and the Environment
2.3 OPENCAST MINING 2.3.1 Advantages The following are the advantages of the opencast mining (Chadwick et al., 1987, p. 100–101): (1) high productivity per man-hour, and high output per mine, (2) low annual capital costs and operating ...
U. Aswathanarayana, 2005
10
New Scientist
The proposal for opencast mining in the Derwent Valley is one of a series of similar proposals for other parts of Britain. These reflect a worldwide increase in this type of mining, in China, Australia, Canada and the US. Why has opencast ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPENCAST MINING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term opencast mining is used in the context of the following news items.
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Czech town in the path of coal excavators
For the past 24 years, opencast mining in North Bohemia has been subject to strict geographical limits; the excavators can only go so far. «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
2
New Cumnock community square plan revealed
... in particular its connections with Robert Burns, Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, The Covenanters and both deep and opencast mining. «Cumnock Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
Mining equipment market recovery expected from 2017
Opencast mining equipment contributed over 30% of overall market revenue in 2014, according to Grand View and is expected to continue ... «World Coal, Jul 15»
4
Northumberland wind farm company snaps up neighbouring site …
... £200m Blue Sky Forest project – which aimed to create 800 to 1,000 jobs by developing 2,500 acres of land restored from opencast mining. «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
5
Zambia's mining industry says new tax rules will scare away investors
The government also cut mineral royalty rates to 6% for underground mining, from 8%, and to 9% for opencast mining, from 20%. However ... «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jul 15»
6
Blazing a trail of deception: the White Rose Project and “negative …
He has been campaigning on energy issues in the UK for the last 10 years, with a particular focus on opencast mining and large-scale biomass ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
7
US coal production falls sharply for the week ending 4 July 2015
Of that total, 35.27 million short t was by underground operations and 8.78 million short t was produced by opencast mining. A total of 99 mines ... «World Coal, Jul 15»
8
KCR gets brickbats
... Hemalatha, reminded the gathering of KCR's statement that he would be a 'watchdog' against opencast mining, and commented that he had ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Greenburn surface mines goes up for sale
Kier have worked hard to run Greenburn as a model for opencast mining in the area and around 200 local people rely on the mine for ... «Cumnock Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
Our Patna, their Patna: Story of 2 distant cousins
The recent decline in the opencast mining industry has compounded unemployment. Just 57% of Patna's population is employed, especially in ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Opencast mining [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/opencast-mining>. Apr 2024 ».
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