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  Technology.   Until the Bougainville Copper's Panguna mine was closed in 1989 it was one of the most modern mines in the world. After re-opening it will be again.    Find out on the following pages some examples of giant modern machines that are used in open-pit mining today.           |    |   |   |   |   |  |  
          
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