copper mining

collocation in English

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copper
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.ər/us
/ˈkɑː.pɚ/
a chemical element that is a reddish-brown metal, used especially for making wire ...
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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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(Definition ofcopperandminingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Copperminingcollapsed a century ago.
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The company made its profits almost entirely fromcoppermining.
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By early 1998,copperminingcapacity was being reduced world-wide, and there was little prospect of a quick recovery in prices.
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In transportation (railroads and trucking), critical materials (especiallycoppermining), newspapers and construction (including national security sites), more direct government involvement in solving labor-management conflicts became common.
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The total wage income from thecopperminingindustry in that year was approximately £25 million.
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First, the tin andcopperminingindustries, which go back not hundreds but thousands of years.
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Virgilina was once acopperminingtown.
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Copperminingwas an important activity.
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In the 1820scopperminingdeveloped again in the region.
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Besides iron mining,copperminingoccasionally played a role.
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Copiap is in a rich silver andcopperminingdistrict.
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Copperminingalso produces gold and silver as byproducts.
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The town's main industry is gold andcoppermining.
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It was established in 1846 as acopperminingtown.
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After the gold petered out,copperminingbegan.
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Systematiccopperminingbegan, and this resource was widely traded.
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The main interest and concern of the workers in my constituency is tin mining, and formerlycoppermining.
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The village was the site of six fulling mills and was a site forcoppermining.
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Copperminingwas intermittent until 1965 when full-time operations resumed.
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Allcopperminingwas done by underground methods until the early 20th century.
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He also engaged incoppermining, copper and steel manufacturing, commercial pursuits, and banking.
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The pottery industry also employs some people as does gold, silver andcoppermining.
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Other industries are agriculture, wood processing, lignite andcoppermining, handicraft production, transportation and tourism.
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Water was required forcopperminingpurposes as well as for domestic and agricultural use.
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There is evidence of a prosperous society that was familiar withcopperminingand processing.
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