| Namdeb conducts opencast diamond mining operations over nearly 130 kilometres of the coastal strip northwards of the Orange River. |
| Residents are claiming victory today after controversial plans for opencast mining near three quiet Yorkshire villages were thrown out. |
| Plans are in the pipeline to transform the vast opencast mine near the village with one of the biggest housing projects in South Yorkshire. |
| In New Caledonia, Le Nickel-SLN opencast mines nickel oxide deposits formed by superficial weathering of ultrabasic rocks. |
| In order to advance operations at the opencast mine, vegetation that includes koala habitat must be cleared. |
| The NUM picket failed to shut down the opencast site, though the picket continued throughout most of the remaining period of the strike. |
