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mining

[mahy-ning]

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noun

the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.
the laying of explosive mines.
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mining

/ ˈ��ɪ��ɪŋ /

noun

the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth
military the process of laying mines

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mining¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “undermining (walls in an attack)”; mine ² + -ing ¹

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But mining for nickel - an ingredient in electric vehicle batteries and in stainless steel - has ramped up there in recent years, according to the organisation Global Witness.

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Pittsburgh, America's historic steel city also famed for coal mining, is known as a hub for hard industrial labour.

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Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned.

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The most controversial issue to be discussed is perhaps deep sea mining.

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You are mining it all for the character work, so you’ve got to find it, but I don’t need to then infect my own children with it.

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