Question

What is surface/strip mining?

Answer 1

Answer: it's a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit are removed in the contrast to the underground mining

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Answer 2

Strip mining is the practice of mining a seam of mineral, by first removing a long strip of overlying soil and rock (the overburden) this activity is also referred to as "overburden removal". It is most commonly used to mine coal and lignite (brown coal).