surface mining
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsurfaceandmining
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surface
noun
uk/ˈsɜː.fɪs/us/ˈsɝː-/
the outer or top part or layer ...
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mining
noun[U]
uk/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/us/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground ...
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(Definition ofsurfaceandminingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thesurfaceminingtechnologies used to extract rainforest gold led to annual deforestation rates of roughly 2 million acres.
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Surfaceminingwas complemented by driving shallow adits into the hills.
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Second, becausesurfacemininginvolves some of the lowest costs, virtually all firms use this extraction strategy.
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We must remember that the employers, the major contractors, have invested £1,000 million in theirsurfaceminingactivities.
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Local people must accept thatsurfaceminingis about not just profits and shareholders but jobs in communities.
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Moreover, that operating profit is made up substantially fromsurfacemining, and large losses are still being made by some deep-mine pits.
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One cannot just turn on and offsurfacemininglike a tap.
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He obviously does not know anything about mining because there is a difference betweensurfaceminingand deep mining.
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We also have opencast mining just down the road;surfacemininghas taken place there for a long time.
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There are excellent examples of environmental attraction once coalsurfacemininghas been concluded.
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Limitedsurfaceminingresumed in the late 2000s.
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Most of the mining activity has beensurfacemining, although there has been some deep mining as well.
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It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of heavysurfaceminingand transportation equipment.
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A number of permits forsurfacemininghave been issued.
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Surfaceminingbegan in 1945 and underground mining had ceased by 1954.
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Surfaceminingof oil shale deposits causes the usual environmental impacts of open-pit mining.
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Surfacemininglasted a little longer but by the mid-20th century, mining was no longer a major employment option in the region.
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The most common methods ofsurfacemininginvolve open pit mining and strip mining.
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