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mining

Definition:
The act, process or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc. from the earth. (Source: CED)
broader terms
extraction
narrower terms
coal mining
  deep sea mining
  gravel extraction
  lignite mining
  mineral extraction
  offshore mining
  opencast mining
  peat extraction
  quarrying
  rock salt mining
  sea bed mining
  strip mining
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
RESOURCES (utilisation of resources)
Themes:
industry
resources
Other relations:
Has exact match
AGROVOC: mining
EuroVoc: mining extraction
Wikipedia article
Mining
Has close match
UMTHES: Bergbau
Arabic: تعدين
Basque: meatzaritza
Bulgarian: Минно дело, разработване на мини, рудодобив
Catalan: mineria
Chinese: 采矿
Czech: průmysl báňský
Danish: minedrift
Dutch: mijnbouw
English (US): mining
Estonian: kaevandamine
Finnish: kaivosteollisuus
French: activité minière
German: Bergbau
Greek: εξόρυξη
Hungarian: bányászat
Irish: mianadóireacht
Italian: attività mineraria
Latvian: izrakteņu ieguve
Lithuanian: kasyba
Maltese: tħaffir
Norwegian: gruvedrift
Polish: górnictwo
Portuguese: mineração
Romanian: minerit
Russian: разработка полезных ископаемых
Slovak: baníctvo
Slovenian: rudarstvo
Spanish: minería
Turkish: madencilik
Ukrainian: розробка корисних копалин
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/14837>