open-pit mine

English

A former open-pit mine in Yakutia, Russia

Noun

open-pit mine (plural open-pit mines)

1. A type of mine where rock or minerals are extracted from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

Synonyms

• opencast mine

Translations

mine with an open pit or burrow

• Finnish: avolouhos (fi)
• German: Tagebau (de) m
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• Spanish: mina a tajo abierto f
• Swedish: dagbrott (sv) n