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Definition of deep-mined in English: deep-minedadjective (of coal) obtained from far below the surface of the ground, not from opencast mines. Example sentencesExamples - In the long term, I don't really see a future for deep-mined UK coal.
- He ‘listened very carefully to our comments on the coal industry and took on board what we were saying about the need for deep-mined coal from the UK to remain a significant part of electricity generation mix’.
- Production of deep-mined coal fell from 204 million tons in 1942 to 175 millions in 1945, though manpower, 766,000 in 1939, had been stabilized at 710,000.
- In antiquity tin from Cornwall's streams, increasingly deep-mined by the later 16th cent., was the region's life-blood.
- By the end of January 2005, there were no deep-mined collieries left in Scotland; only one left in South Wales, which is an employee buyout; and seven deep-mined collieries left in England.
- For centuries, the wealth of Britain was built on deep-mined coal.
Derivatives noun However, the health risks associated with deep mining were becoming apparent. Example sentencesExamples - James Brooks, another surface miner and District 28 official, stressed the hazards of deep mining.
- Veterans of deep mining call the open-cast workers ‘sunshine miners‘.
- In England about 6,000 people are still employed in deep mining and about 575 in Wales.
- Proponents of a ban also argued that their more radical proposal would increase employment by requiring an expansion of deep mining.
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