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(chiefly Britain) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed quotations examples
Britain's leading green commentator, George Monbiot, gives the head of the Campaign to Protect Rural England an unforgettable grilling, asking why the countryside watchdog opposes windfarms - but not opencast coal mines
2009 January 7, Ian Traynor, “Europe's plan for alternative pipeline faces big problems”, in The Guardian