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mining industry; extractive industry (Resource extraction involves any activity that withdraws resources from nature. This can range in scale from the traditional use of preindustrial societies, to global industry. Extractive industries are, along with agriculture, the basis of the primary sector of the economy. Extraction produces raw material which is then processed to add value. Examples of extractive industries are hunting and trapping, mining, oil and gas drilling, and forestry. WAD Alexander Demidov); mineral-resource extraction (контекстуальный перевод Ремедиос_П); quarrying industry |
