Surface Mine (Verb)
Meaning
Extract (ore) from a strip-mine.
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Surface mine thousands of tons of coal from this vast deposit to power the region's homes.
- The company decided to surface mine the entire ore field rather than underground mining due to its shallowness.
- After performing the environmental impact assessment, the government approved the proposal to surface mine the rocky terrain.
- Excavators and trucks were brought in to help surface mine the exposed metal ore for industrial processing.
- The engineering team mapped the topography carefully before deciding where to surface mine for the crucial mineral deposit.