strip mining Label
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DefGEMET: Superficial mining, in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overburden. Coal, numerous nonmetals and metalliferous ores (iron and copper) are worked in this way. Sinonym: strip mining, opencast mining, openpit mining. (Source: BJGEO)
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Noun (male)Base form
Inflectionals
strip mining, strip mine, strip minesCompound from
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GEMETID8143
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Initial version
on 2007-02-11
Last change
Barbara Fock on 2022-07-07