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How opencast mining risks reawakening dormant geological faults
The Guardian Australia
September 23, 2026
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<p>New study finds subsidence caused by groundwater extraction can take place as far as 20km from site of mine</p><p>The impact of opencast mining goes far beyond the edge of the pit. Studies of an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/14/greta-thunberg-calls
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