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copper mine

Noun

Meaning

a mine where copper is dug from the ground

Source: WordNet

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Examples

9th largest bismuth producer, See List of countries by bismuth production 19th largest copper producer, See List of countries by copper mine production and the 26th largest zinc producer. Source: Internet

Another protest, over the Glencore-owned Antapaccay copper mine, was resolved after an agreement with the local town, under which each resident will receive a $285 shopping card for food, medicine, clothes and education. Source: Internet

A permit for the proposed gold and copper mine at the headwaters of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Alaska was recently rejected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as “contrary to the public interest.” Source: Internet

But the administration halted another resource development project last month, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers declined to provide key approvals for a gold and copper mine near a major salmon fishery. Source: Internet

Graeme Thomas Wall, 57, an employee of Freeport Indonesia, died after being shot in the chest during the attack on March 30 at the company’s giant gold and copper mine near Timika, the capital of Mimika Regency, according to police. Source: Internet

The lip of an enormous copper mine pit looms behind the dusty streets of Cananea in Sonora, Mexico. Source: Internet

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