mining industry

collocation in English

meaningsofminingandindustry

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mining
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
us
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground ...
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industry
noun
uk
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
us
/ˈɪn.də.stri/
the companies and activities involved in the process of producing goods for sale, especially in a factory or ...
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(Definition ofminingandindustryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In particular, theminingindustryis growing rapidly.
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It was to be the start of 20 years' involvement in theminingindustry.
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This arguably reflects the view of theminingindustryas a male preserve.
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Theminingindustryfaced undercapitalization and low efficiency due to poor management and weak mining skills.
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This question of course affects theminingindustry, but not theminingindustryalone.
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I am thinking not specially of the coalminingindustrybut of aminingindustrywhich once flourished in my constituency, the tinminingindustry.
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Industrialisation had progressed much further, with theminingindustryand the steel industry as the most important growth poles.
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Furthermore, water power caused the upheaval in theminingindustryfrom the second half of the fifteenth century.
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They ruined theminingindustry.
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Theminingindustrysuffers badly.
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We know theminingindustry.
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Take the coalminingindustry.
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I know theminingindustry.
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I represent theminingindustry.
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We had aminingindustry.
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It is theminingindustry.
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Will he urgently review the role of the opencastminingindustryand of the private sectorminingindustry?
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It helps the coalminingindustry.
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Take the case of theminingindustry.
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Take the history of theminingindustry.
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There are difficulties in theminingindustry.
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Theminingindustryhas been mentioned.
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Theminingindustrycannot be destroyed.
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That is so in theminingindustry.
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