Sentences with phrase «open pit mining methods»

Surface mining has also become a dominant driver of land - use change and water pollution in certain regions of the world, where mountaintop removal, coal and tar sands exploitation, and other open pit mining methods strip land surfaces of forests and topsoils, produce vast quantities of toxic sludge and solid waste, and often fill valleys, rivers, and streams with the resulting waste and debris [81].

Additional drill holes are planned for this target and other nearby targets as part of a program to delineate near surface zinc mineralization that could potentially be mined using open pit mining methods.

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I have basic knowledge on open pit mining, on conducting investigations of mineral deposits and undertake evaluations in collaboration with geologists and economists to determine whether the mineral deposits can be mined profitably, on determine the most suitable method of mini...