Open pit

The Super Pit is the largest open-pit gold mine in Australia. A canyon-size hole populated by house-size trucks, it's large enough to be seen from orbit. Here's what it looks like up close.

Photo about a monster dump truck carries 250 tons of rock out of an open pit mine. Image of silver, gold, open - 10465633

There is an overwhelming sense of disbelief when looking at David Maisel’s aerial photographs of open-pit mines, toxic waste sites, logging, freeways...

KCGM Super Pit, Kalgoorlie Boulder

A giant open-pit mining area near Cologne has already swallowed up 14 villages, but one local police officer is fighting to protect his home. He has managed to bring his case before Germany's highest court, and its ruling could have major implications for the future of brown coal mining in Germany.

Open-pit mining, open-cut mining or opencast mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

Photo about Mining dump truck pulling rocks from the open pit mine Chuquicamata, Chile. Image of rocks, operations, mining - 18417105

The Fimiston Open Pit mine, known as the Super Pit, stands in this aerial photograph taken above Kalgoorlie, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The Super Pit is operated by Kalgoorlie Consolidated...

Dump trucks drive along haul roads inside the Fimiston Open Pit mine, known as the Super Pit, in this aerial photograph taken above Kalgoorlie, Australia, on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015. The Super Pit is...