Demonstrate knowledge of the geological nature of surface extraction sites.

There is no guarantee that the surface extraction accompanying the investment will not transform the landscape.

Manage surface extraction site to minimize environmental impact.

Select excavation and transportation plant for surface extraction.

While the Suncor mine is the biggest oil sands operation, it is far from the only one, and eventually its surface extraction method will be replaced.

Apart from some surface extraction of "rustic slates" by a local man in the 1960s, Blaen y Cwm did not operate again.

Bucyrus adds a collection of undergound and surface extraction equipment that will make the enlarged company a one-stop shop for mining equipment.

The small-scale techniques were unsuited to the increasing demand, with extraction moving away from surface extraction to deep shaft mining as the Industrial Revolution progressed.

The Ordnance Survey Explorer map series show abandoned mine levels above Wisenholme Beck and some surface extraction near the summit.

Depending upon the working methods adopted, surface extraction, in quarries, may exhibit different challenges, in relation to working face stability, movement of plant, block extraction and, more generally, work cycle involving the separating and toppling of blocks.

Going to work in surface mining was such a great feeling.

It has been a top priority of the surface mining industry.

The men who work in surface mining are terrified they will lose their jobs.

About a third of the nation's coal comes from surface mining, mostly in the West.

There are five main forms of surface mining, detailed below.

A number of permits for surface mining have been issued.

Most of these workers had never worked in an underground mine prior to surface mining.

The pavement cutter was the first in a long line of surface mining products.

It was demolished and removed in the 20th century by surface mining activities.

Our service vehicles are used in construction and surface mining applications worldwide.

After surface mining has been completed, the land is reclaimed for other uses.

Starting in the 1960s, coal surface mining contributed to a rapid population growth.

She referred to the laws controlling surface mining and clean waters.

This document is concerned with the presence and assessment of risks in surface mining.

Globally, about 40 percent of coal production involves surface mining.

The Company also further diversified its production by adding important surface mining capabilities.

Some surrounding villages are planned to be abandoned due to surface mining.

There are 12 more surface mining projects either proposed or authorized but not built in the same watershed.

It was quickly developed using shallow surface mining techniques.

MinePro is a primary sales channel for surface mining equipment.

The majority of terrain around the city limits is reclaimed land where surface mining has taken place.

Surface mining is a method which operates on the surface of the land.

The five-year surface mining lease will include the standard performance bond and environmental protection measures.

It's a surface mining method where large explosions and equipment are used to remove coal.

Surface mining of coal causes direct and indirect damage to wildlife.