Which huge earth-moving machine is important in the surface mining process as it excavates the overburden or soil covering the coal deposit?

Dragline

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Roller

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Miner

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A
Dragline

Draglines are the world's largest land-based machines with buckets up to 250 tons and play a key role in a surface mine's operation

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