strip mining

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English - Turkish
(Madencilik) açık işletme
geniş yayılımlı açık işletme madenciliği
strip-madencilik

Related Terms

contour strip mining
(Madencilik) kontur şeridi madenciliği
strip mine
açık kömür ocağı
English - English
the mining of ore or coal from an open mine
Strip mining is a method of mining that is used when a mineral is near the surface and underground passages are not needed. Technique for the surface mining of coal by removing the soil and rock overburden above a seam and extracting the exposed mineral. The method is used to best advantage where the coal seam is thin and not deeply buried. (Thicker and deeper seams would be extracted by open-pit or underground mining.) Strip mining is most economical where flat terrain and horizontal seams permit a large area to be stripped. Where deposits occur in rolling or mountainous terrain, a contour method is used that creates a shelf with a slope on one side and an almost vertical wall on the other. A variety of equipment is used, including dozers, scrapers, hydraulic shovels, draglines, and bucket-wheel excavators. Concern over the environmental effects of strip mining have resulted in numerous requirements for the reclamation of excavated land

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strip mine
A mine where the material above the ore is removed (stripped) to expose it for removal and use
strip mine
A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed. An open mine, especially a coal mine, whose seams or outcrops run close to ground level and are exposed by the removal of topsoil and overburden. a very large hole that is made in the ground to remove metal, coal etc from the earth British Equivalent: opencast mining
strip mine
an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface
strip mine
an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface extract (ore) from a strip-mine
strip mine
extract (ore) from a strip-mine
strip mining

    Hyphenation

    strip min·ing

    Turkish pronunciation

    strîp maynîng

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstrəp ˈmīnəɴɢ/ /ˈstrɪp ˈmaɪnɪŋ/
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