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open-pit mining

surface mining technique
Class type of: surface mining Q15104297

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
surface mining
Different from
opencast mine[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en open-cut mining en open-pit mining en open cast mining en opencast mining en open cut mining ar التعدين السطحي ar تعدين سطحي fr Excavation à ciel ouvert he מכרה פתוח ja 露天掘鉱山 ja 露天採鉱 ko 노천 채굴 pt Pedreira, areeiro sv Täkt tr Açık ocak madenciliği uk глибока кар'єрна розробка uk кар'єрне видобування корисних копалин zh 露天开采 zh 露天採掘 zh 露天採礦
🔖 Identifiers · 12
OpenAlex ID
C184977646
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Sunrise Dam Gold Mine open pit 11.jpg ↗
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/12164
BBC Things ID
e6eafa6f-141d-4db2-8242-4e60e66b8566
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
technology/open-pit-mining
Freebase ID
/m/01dlxy
Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID
Open-pit_mining
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
open-pit-mining
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
184977646
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
2654
Online Nevada Encyclopedia ID
open-pit-or-open-cast-mining
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
92261

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Summary

open-pit mining is a type of surface mining[1].

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  1. 15w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Sunrise Dam Gold Mine open pit 11.jpg
    Global Energy Monitor Wiki ID → Open-pit_mining
    Online Nevada Encyclopedia ID → open-pit-or-open-cast-mining
    Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID → technology/open-pit-mining
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Online Nevada Encyclopedia ID: open-pit-or-open-cast-mining, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/83362520|Open Pit, or Open Cast Mining (#83362520)]] in [[:toollabs"
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