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Ōhai opencast mine

Ōhai opencast mine

Ōhai opencast mine

Southland contains huge lignite coalfields, which await extensive mining. The area also has a sub-bituminous field at Ōhai, where the thick seams of coal are extracted using opencast methods.

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