opencast
adjective
open·cast
ˈō-pən-ˌkast 
chiefly British
: worked from a surface open to the air
an opencast mine
opencast mining
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To the south is the lunar landscape of a city-sized opencast lignite mine.
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The Economist, 29 June 2019
The bright white-and-dark-blue–striped areas on the right side of this image are opencast coal mines in midwestern Germany.
—Betsy Mason, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2009
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The Economist, 29 June 2019
The bright white-and-dark-blue–striped areas on the right side of this image are opencast coal mines in midwestern Germany.
—Betsy Mason, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2009
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“Opencast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opencast. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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