There are five main forms of surface mining, detailed below.
Most of these workers had never worked in an underground mine prior to surface mining.
She referred to the laws controlling surface mining and clean waters.
Globally, about 40 percent of coal production involves surface mining.
Some surrounding villages are planned to be abandoned due to surface mining.
The majority of terrain around the city limits is reclaimed land where surface mining has taken place.
It had long been anticipated that the recovery of diamonds by conventional surface mining would end.
The group was seeking a ban on mountaintop removal or surface mining.
But these state laws were largely unsuccessful at stemming the environmental impacts of surface mining.
Sediment contamination of surface water is common with surface mining.