Indeed, many of them have got new jobs at drift or open-cast mines in the area.

He turned to go, facing the giant open-cast mine on the dark hillside.

Twenty years ago, when I worked in mining, that was an operating open-cast mine.

During the 20th century, there were several open-cast mines in the region, many of which are being converted to use as lakes.

It was formerly a coal mining town but today only one open-cast mine remains.

Some opponents say the open-cast mine will cause environmental damage; others are concerned about plans to bring in up to 3,000 mainly Chinese workers.

An open-cast mine is seen at the top, and the plant is in the foreground.

His open-cast mines were operated on the most modern system in his time.

Early examples include 16th century maps showing open-cast mines.

He didn't know if it was some kind of meteorite scar or an open-cast mine kilometers wide.

It is also called an open-cut or open-cast mine.

Opponents say building the open-cast mine would damage ancient monuments in the area and destroy a mountain face.

Roy manages a nearby private open-cast mine run by a development company with plans to revitalize the region.

It is a lignite mine, and therefore an open-cast mine.

Open-cast mines are dug on benches, which describe vertical levels of the hole.

It has numbers of underground and open-cast mines.

Now they face the prospect of a 700-hectare open-cast mine in their holiest place," Amnesty said.

It now looked like an open-cast mine.

A beauty spot earmarked as an open-cast mine has earned a reprieve.

Until about 1960 there was an open-cast mine on the Sudmerberg in a small sandstone quarry.

Bauxite is usually extracted through open-cast mines, which leave vast scars on the landscape.

Through rain-streaked glass to the right he could see a giant open-cast mine lit by dotted lights.

It crashed into an open-cast mine, littering the area with mangled, burning fragments.

It was a thriving goldmining community at the turn of the 19th century and today there is still the large working open-cast mine in Waihi.

In the valley there was once a limy open-cast mine, therefore a lake and a cave cropped up.

Her father worked in the open-pit mines during the day and for the union at night.

Up until then, it was one of the world's largest open-pit mines.

Looking down from the upper benches of the Clinton open-pit mine.

A large open-pit mine was proposed in 2007 near the western boundary of the park.

The large open-pit mine is north of the town.

At the same year, the Küttejõu open-pit mine was opened.

The cap rock would have to be stripped to develop an open-pit mine.

An almost moon- like landscape with its big mountains and the biggest open-pit mine in the world.

Mining started at the open-pit mine in 1892 after the construction of a railway.

A Canadian company attempted an open-pit mine, but abandoned the project around 2007.

Her organisation was protesting about the impact the open-pit mine would have on local people and biodiversity.

There is an open-pit mine located near the river that employs a number of residents.

Tracks were laid through the open-pit mine, with the length varying.

An open-pit mine can contaminate water in several ways.

There was nothing in that direction but the vast bulwark of the open-pit mine.

In the early 21st century, it is among the largest open-pit mines in the world.

It is an open-pit mine located at altitude of about 4000 meters above sea level.

Production began in 1960 from underground and open-pit mines.

Blasting Technique to break ore in an underground or open-pit mine.

This style is called an open-pit mine, yet it's in this small mountain.

The former townsite is now a large open-pit mine.

There is an open-pit mine to the north.

The company is developing 11 open-pit mines, producing over 100 varieties of clay.

This open-pit mine was known for its gold.

A quarry is the same thing as an open-pit mine from which minerals are extracted.