extractive
adjective
uk/ɪkˈstræk.tɪv/us/ɪkˈstræk.tɪv/[usually before noun]
involvingremovingoil,metals,coal,stone, etc. from theground:
Goldminingis an extractiveindustrythateventuallyexhauststheresourceitexploits.
Thebiggestextractiveindustryin Cornwall today is theminingofchinaclay.
Most of thesesettlementsweredependentupon extractive andprocessingactivities.
mainlydisapproving
involvingtaking aresource(= somethingvaluable)orprofitfrom something withouttryingtoreplaceit ortryingtoavoidharmingthat thing:
Cashcropsare always "extractive" andtendtolowertheoverallfertilityof thefarm.
Banks havefoundit iseasierandquickerto makemoneyby being extractive andpredatory.
- He didsurveyworkinvolvingmineralexploration,coaland the extractiveindustries.
- Themanagementof minewasteis acriticalissuefor many extractivemineralindustries.
- Weaimtopreventextractiveminingprojectsthat wouldcauseirreparableharmtolocalcommunities.
- The Southwesterneconomybecameincreasinglyextractive,diggingupmineralsanddepletingnaturalresources.
- The Romans had aratherthoughtlessextractiveapproachtoenterprise, with littleconceptofeconomicgrowth.
Engineering - mining & quarrying
- anti-mine
- banksman
- biomining
- coal
- coal miner
- coal mining
- coalface
- coalfield
- excavator
- extract
- fracking
- goldfield
- mineral
- oilman
- OPEC
- petrodollar
- prospect
- shaft
- strip mining
- workings
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Using and misusing
Taking things away from someone or somewhere