mining
the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.
the laying of explosive mines.
Digital Technology. the act or process by which cryptocurrency transactions, especially bitcoin, are verified and new cryptocurrency is generated: computer networks are used to solve sets of mathematical problems, that, when solved, yield a unit of that currency.
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The decision has drawn widespread criticism from environmentalists who now fear the coal mining activities will harm the environment and worsen human-wildlife conflict as animals move location to get away from disturbances to their habitats.
Zimbabwe has okayed a Chinese coal-mining pact at its top game reserve, even as elephants die | Tawanda Karombo | September 3, 2020 | QuartzSecond, coal mining is winding down as an activity, and new mines in these regions would give them a much-needed economic boost.
Europe relies on foreign raw materials to power its green and digital future. Now it wants to mine them at home | David Meyer | September 3, 2020 | FortuneHe adds that as the crypto industry grows, it is likely American firms will begin manufacturing mining equipment.
So, we need this incentive to make recycling and reusing and recreating much more interesting for a producer than raw mining.
In the 1900s, coal mining, natural gas and other fossil fuel sources raised methane levels in the atmosphere.
Fossil fuels appear to release far more methane than we thought | Carolyn Gramling | May 29, 2020 | Science News For Students
Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.
So, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.
Resolution is majority owned and controlled by Rio Tinto, a global mining conglomerate.
That is approximately the same year the BBC predicted Moon mining could become commercially profitable.
Marvel and DC Plan 20 Movies for the Next Six Years: Will the Comic Book Movie Bubble Burst? | Rich Goldstein | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEventually, he said, he spoke with a former official who had worked on a contract for the mining company.
But since this has little or nothing to do with the story, I pass by my mining adventures and come back to the hotel.
Uncanny Tales | VariousBy their agreement with the owner, the Company have the right of mining under an area of 185 acres, at a royalty of 6d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellA practical mining engineer who was recently sent to examine and report on this property says that it is 100 per cent.
Asbestos | Robert H. JonesThe trial was attended by the principal mining agents; the result was about ten millions by each engine.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickIt is not only in the mining part of the business that the want of skill is prejudicial to the result.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis Trevithick
British Dictionary definitions for mining
/ (ˈmaɪnɪŋ) /
the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth
military the process of laying mines
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