List of open-pit mines

Argentina

• Cerro Vanguardia Mine - gold and silver mine located near Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz
• Pascua Lama - binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile

  Australia

• Boddington Gold Mine - gold and copper mine near Boddington, Western Australia
• Cadia Mine - gold and copper mine located near Orange, New South Wales
• Challenger Mine - gold mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia
• Hazelwood Mine - brown-coal mine near Morwell, Victoria
• Loy Yang Mine - brown-coal mine near Traralgon, Victoria
• McArthur River Mine - zinc, lead and silver mine southwest of Borroloola, Northern Territory
• Prominent Hill mine - copper mine near Coober Pedy, South Australia
• Ranger Mine - uranium mine east of Darwin, Northern Territory
• Sunrise Dam gold mine - gold mine near Laverton, Western Australia
• Super Pit - gold mine near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
• Telfer Mine - gold and copper mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia
• Peak Downs Mine - coking coal mine near Moranbah, Queensland
• Goonyella Riverside Mine - metallurgical coking coal near Moranbah, Queensland
• Yallourn Mine - brown-coal mine near Morwell, Victoria

  Botswana

• Jwaneng diamond mine
• Orapa diamond mine
• Damtshaa diamond mine
• Letlhakane diamond mine

  Bulgaria

• Maritsa Iztok Mines - coal mine near Radnevo, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria

  Canada

• Adams Mine - abandoned mine in Kirkland Lake, Ontario
• Athabasca oil sands - second largest proven petroleum reserve in the world as of 2013, located in northern Alberta along the Athabasca river.
• Colomac Mine - gold mine in Northwest Territories
• Copperfields Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
• Diavik Diamond Mine - diamond mine in Northwest Territories
• Ekati Diamond Mine - diamond mine in Northwest Territories
• Endako Mine - a molybdenum mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 72 km W of Vanderhoof, BC
• Gibraltar Mine copper mine near Williams Lake, British Columbia
• Highland Valley Copper - copper mine in British Columbia
• Huckleberry Mine - a copper/molybdenum/gold/silver mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 87 km SSW of Houston, BC
• Kanichee Mine, an abandoned base and precious metal mine in Temagami, Ontario
• Mount Polly copper mine near Quesnel, British Columbia
• Pine Point Mine - lead and zinc mine in Northwest Territories
• Sherman Mine - abandoned iron mine in Temagami, Ontario
• Silver Hope Mine - a silver/gold/copper mine in the Nechako Region of British Columbia, 40 km SE of Houston, British Columbia

  Chile

• Chuquicamata - copper mine
• Escondida - copper mine
• Pascua Lama - binational gold and silver mine in San Juan, Argentina and Atacama, Chile
• Radomiro Tomic - copper mine
• Pelambres - copper mine
• El Salvador - copper mine
• Andina - copper mine
• Antucoya - copper mine
• El Soldado - mine
• Los Bronces - copper mine
• Gabriela Mistral - copper mine
• Cerro Negro - copper mine
• Esperanza - copper mine
• Collahuasi - copper mine

  Colombia

• Cerrejón - coal mine in Guajira Department

  Egypt

• Sukari - gold mine

  Germany

• Tagebau Garzweiler - lignite mine
• Tagebau Hambach - lignite mine
• :de:Tagebau Inden|Tagebau Inden - lignite mine

  India

• Hutti - gold mine in Raichur District of Karnataka
• Neyveli Lignite - largest open cast mines in India

  Indonesia

• Batu Hijau mine - copper and gold mine on the island of Sumbawa
• Grasberg mine - right in the hole thing of Papua province

  Iran

• Sarcheshme Copper Mine - copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum

  Kyrgyzstan

• Kumtor Gold Mine - gold mine in Tian Shan Mountains at 4,000-4,400 m above sea level

  Mongolia

• Boroo Gold Mine - gold mine 110 km WNW of the capital Ulan Bator

  Namibia

• Rossing - uranium mine

New Zealand

• Macraes Mine - gold mine in Central Otago
• Martha Mine - gold mine in Waihi

  Papua New Guinea

• Panguna mine - copper mine in Bougainville Province

  Peru

• Toquepala - porphyry copper.
• Yanacocha - gold mine
• Cuajone Mine - porphyry copper.
• Antamina Mine - Polymetallic mine
• Antapacay Mine - copper.
• Cerro Verde Mine - porphyry copper.
• Toromocho Mine - copper and Moly.

  Poland

• Adamów Coal Mine - coal mine
• Bełchatów Coal Mine - coal mine
• Konin Coal Mine - coal mine
• Turów Coal Mine - coal mine

  Portugal

• Sao Domingos Mine - copper mine

  Romania

• Berbeşti Coal Mine - coal mine
• Motru Coal Mine - coal mine
• Roșia Poieni copper mine
• Rovinari Coal Mine - coal mine

  Russia

• Mirny Mine - diamond mine in Mirny, Eastern Siberia
• Udachnaya pipe - diamond mine in Yakutia, Russia

  South Africa

• The Big Hole - a former diamond mine in Kimberley, dug to 240 m between 1871 and 1914, making it the deepest hand-excavated pit in the world. Now a museum.
• The Jagersfontein Mine - operating between 1888 and 1971. This was hand-excavated to 201 m by 1911, and the hand-dug pit was sightly larger than the Big Hole.
• The Palabora Open Pit - mechanically excavated by Palabora Mining Company, in Phalaborwa, Limpopo Province. The pit is 898m deep and 1846m across on top.
• Voorspoed diamond mine

  Spain

• Corta Atalaya - the largest open-pit mine in Europe and was at one time the largest in the world.
• Sierra Menera - Sistema Ibérico
• - second largest polymetallic sulphides deposit in Europe.

  Sweden

• Aitik-gruvan in Gällivare - copper mine with side production of gold and molybdenum

  United Kingdom

• Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme - coal mine in Wales
• Penrhyn Quarry - slate quarry in Wales
• Minorca - coal mine near Swepstone and Measham Leicestershire
• Halton Lea Gate near Lambley, Northumberland - coal mine

  United States

• Berkeley Pit - former copper mine in Butte, Montana; now the largest and most expensive Superfund site in history
• Bingham Canyon Mine - copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah; largest man-made excavation on Earth
• Chino Mine - copper mine in Grant County, New Mexico
• Cresson Mine - gold mine in Victor, Colorado
• Fort Knox mine - gold mine in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska
• Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine - largest open pit iron mine in the world, near Hibbing, Minnesota
• Lavender Pit - copper mine in Cochise County, Arizona
• Morenci Mine - copper mine in Greenlee County, Arizona
• Mountain Iron Mine - iron mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota
• New Cornelia mine - inactive copper mine near Ajo, Arizona
• Ray mine - Asarco copper mine located in Pinal county, Arizona
• Red Dog mine - zinc and lead mine in Red Dog Mine, Alaska
• Thompson Creek mine - molybdenum mine in Custer County, Idaho

  Zambia

• Nchanga Open Pit Mine, Chingola - the second largest open cast mine in the world, covering nearly 30 km² and up to 400m deep.