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opencast

 adjective
     
Related topics: Industry, Gas, Coal, Oil
o‧pen‧cast [usually before noun] British English
TITPG an opencast mine is one where coal is taken out of holes in the ground near the surface, not from deep under the ground:
opencast mining
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