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Synonyms for mining
ˈmaɪ nɪŋmin·ing

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  1. mining, excavationnoun

    the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

    Synonyms:
    digging, minelaying, archeological site, dig, excavation

  2. mining, minelayingnoun

    laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

    Synonyms:
    minelaying, excavation

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How to use mining in a sentence?

  1. Santiago Dondo:

    In a sector like mining which needs so much investment, so much capital, all the economic distortions like currency controls and uncontrollable inflation have a very strong and negative impact.

  2. Jasper Lawler:

    It takes a brave soul and deep pockets to buy these mining stocks when they're this heavily down, i don't see them rebounding massively in the general context of things unless there's some sort of extra explanation by the People's Bank of China or some move by some other central bank to combat this devaluation.

  3. Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal:

    In Peru the biggest driver of deforestation is migratory agriculture, mostly poor people who migrate from the Andes to the Amazon. Illegal mining is also a big problem, the decree will affect everything related to land use ... I hope it will take effect in no more than two weeks.

  4. Sasko Cuklev:

    This coming winter, Volvo Trucks' autonomous mining solution will be in operation and we will get paid per transported tonne.

  5. Frederic Neumann:

    Growth keeps slowing ... Lower commodity prices, including oil, partly reflect weakening demand itself. In addition, the downturn in mining capex and the declining income of commodity producers is weighing on exports from Asia.


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