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There's also less room for maneuver this year, since 500 gigaliters of water are still stuck in the Bowen's open-cast mines.

Coal Miners, Steelmakers Jittery As Wet Season Starts David Fickling 2011

Vedanta wants to dig open-cast mines to feed an alumina refinery it has built in the area as part of an $800 million project.

Archive 2009-01-01 2009

Coal India produced 90.7% of its total coal output of 431.26 million metric tons from open-cast mines in the last financial year ended March 31.

Coal India Looks to Boost Underground Mining Operations Eric Yep of Dow Jones Newswires 2011

We write on the day of Anglo American's shareholder meeting to register deep concerns about the proposed open-cast, gold and copper Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Letter: Coalition to save Bristol Bay, Alaska 2011

Vedanta wants to dig open-cast mines to feed an alumina refinery it has built in the area as part of an $800 million project.

Vedanta to start bauxite mining in Orissa 2009

RWE operates open-cast lignite mines in western Germany that supply its power plants.

RWE May Reconsider Nabucco Pipeline Jan Hromadko 2012

This is Jindal's open-cast coal mine situated at Tamnar, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

Jindal Steel Undecided on Date of Unit's IPO Prasenjit Bhattacharya of Dow Jones Newswires 2011

A company can represent an immediate short-term profit through the financial equivalent of open-cast mining - such as those with extra cash or land assets.

Our goofy economy 2009

This technique, which uses the steam from heat to generate the crude underground and extract it using pumps, is considered to be less damaging to the local environment than the open-cast mining used in most other projects, although it is more energy intensive.

BP to Defeat Oil Sands Critics 2010

-- Mining accidents are more frequent in underground mines than open-cast operations.

Chile Mine Accident Highlights Enforcement Deficiencies 2010