WordNet
opencast mining
n. the mining of ore or coal from an open mine [syn: strip mining]
Usage examples of "opencast mining".
Those in favor of dismantling the first bridgehead were called, by someone, Seekers of the Holy Grail, and the name of Grail stuck to that area of opencast mining.
Here and there small factories could be seen, also several quarries and opencast mining sites.