open-cut mining

noun

1. mining by excavating from the surface Also calledesp Britopencast miningUS and Canadianstrip mining

Example Sentences

But in the 1970s, new technology, including bigger dump trucks, made open-cut mining more competitive.

From Washington Post

Rather than tunnelling into the ground, Mr Dunstan is open-cut mining, which involves scraping away a few inches of rock with an excavator, and then periodically investigating for opals.

From BBC

Earlier this month, Steve Bywater, GCM's chairman, said that a Bangladeshi parliamentary standing committee had recommended that the country moves towards extracting coal reserves using open-cut mining methods.

From The Guardian