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Strip mining (surface)

Term · Energy · MLC-T-ENE-002213

A method used on flatter rain to recover coal by mining long strips successively; the material excavated from the strip being mined is deposited in the strip previously mined.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENE-002213
FieldEnergy
ReferencesEIA Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-002213",
  "term": "Strip mining (surface)",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "A method used on flatter rain to recover coal by mining long strips successively; the material excavated from the strip being mined is deposited in the strip previously mined.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/strip-mining-surface/"
}

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