Sand, gravel, stone, coal, and many of the metal and nonmetal mines are likely to be of the open pit type. The classic open-pit mine is impressively deep and far wider at the top than at the bottom.

Rio Tinto Kennecott, the world's largest open-pit mine, is now open for visits for the 2025 season. Operating since 1903, ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia for the first time has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law, with the government minister citing the open-pit mine’s potential harm to ...

A plan to extract coal through open-pit mining in Phulbari and the northern part of Barapukuria coal mine area is being revived by the government, despite strong opposition by locals and ...

In Sanski Most, Bosnia and Herzegovina, an open-pit brown coal mine is sparking protests among locals. Farmers say the mine threatens their livelihoods and are leading the fight to protect their land.

OTTAWA - The federal government is blocking development of Glencore’s Sukunka open-pit metallurgical coal mine project located near Tumbler Ridge, B.C. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault ...

Ongoing extraction inside the Continental Pit operated by Montana Resources — an open pit mine in Butte ... are studying the potential for mining rare earths in coal waste, including fly ...

New open-pit coal mines in the foothills will be banned and steelmaking coal mines permitted under policies the Alberta government unveiled Friday. But the Alberta Coal Industry Modernization ...