Illustration: At a Japanese open-pit mineral operation, an excavator loads broken rock into a haul truck while a second truck carries ore toward a crusher and conveyor. Workers in protective equipment coordinate the transfer from a separated operating platform.

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鉱こう業ぎょう

kougyou

mining industry

Example sentences

  1. 鉱業こうぎょうはチリの主要しゅような収入源しゅうにゅうげんの一ひとつである。

    Mining is one of the main sources of wealth in Chile.

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  2. 古河ふるかわ鉱業こうぎょうと直接交渉ちょくせつこうしょうを行おこなった。

    They negotiated directly with Furukawa Mining.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. この会かいはすぐに鉱害根絶同盟会こうがいこんぜつどうめいかいと名称めいしょうを変更へんこうし、古河ふるかわ鉱業こうぎょうと直接交渉ちょくせつこうしょうを行おこなった。

    Soon after that, the union changed its name to the Mining Pollution Eradication Committee and began negotiations directly with Furukawa Mining.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 鉱業

  • 鉱mineral; oreOnコウKunあらがね
  • 業business; vocationOnギョウ・ゴウKunわざ

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