opencast mining in a sentence

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1. LImestone quarries, opencast mines that have a great impact on the landscape, have remained active since the formation of Urkiola Natural Park.
2. Close to its source at Heald Foot, the water is polluted by the remains of past opencast mining activities and a landfill site.
3. The house and estate were then sold to the National Coal Board ( NCB ), who operated extensive opencast mines in the surrounding area.
4. By using this successful technology for the first time in India, the abandoned Sharda opencast mine has been a landmark in the Indian mining industry.
5. Fire-setting was used extensively during opencast mining, and is also described by Pliny in connection with the use of another mining technique known as hushing.
6. In 2006, Solid Energy bought Newvale Coal Co Limited and acquired the Newvale opencast mine, located in the Waimumu coal field in Edendale dairy plant.
7. The preparation work lasted seven years, as it was also necessary to demolish all houses in the transfer path and fill in the former opencast mine.
8. On 26 March 2010, a spokesman for Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee said that opencast mining in Paparoa National Park could not be ruled out.
9. Rudiger Herm, 48, is a former mining engineer who lost his job when one of the town's main employers, an opencast mine, was forced to close.
10. The walk comprises around 3 4 miles of ash path from start to finish, with some being concreted ( remnants of the old opencast mining area ).