extractive industry
noun[C]
ukuspluralextractive industriesPRODUCTION,NATURAL RESOURCES
thepeople,companies, andactivitiesinvolvedinremovingoil,metals,coal,stone, etc. from theground:
Like the other extractiveindustriesthatprecededit here, theoilindustryhas beenenormouslyimportantinsparselypopulatedAlaska.