mining company
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmaɪnɪŋ ˈkʌmpəni/
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empresa minera
- District municipalities and hotels are now required to obtain a water license for human consumption, and mining companies must obtain one for industrial use.
- Canadian mining company
- state-owned mining company
And he he took, he took so many mining companies public.
- And he he took, he took so many mining companies public.
- Unlike many towns, Mattawan had kept some independence from the mining companies and the town mayor, sheriff and police chief were union friendly.
Examples
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The community of Fuerabamba fully relied on the mining company to get the water they needed in their new resettlement area.
Academic text (2017) -
The strike had caused the mining company's stock to drop.
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Works for one of those big mining companies.
Fiction book (1999) -
Now, if a gold mining company tried to do this, that would be one thing.
Blog text (1) -
I own a mining company near Richmond.
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The mining company has now relinquished control.
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At the peak, in 1910, 17,822 people worked for the mining company.
Academic text (2010) -
Canadian mining companies have identified substantial deposits of copper in the southern Oriente.
Academic text (2000) -
The 15-member commission created by Brewer's executive order included representatives of electric power, manufacturing, and mining companies, but no scientists.
Academic text (2012) -
The mining company employed hundreds of people to extract gold from the earth.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is compositionally built from 'mining' + 'company' and in general means a company that carries out mining activities, so its structure is predictable. However, the given definition narrows the sense to cryptocurrency mining, which is a specialized, newer sense of 'mining' that many B1 learners who only know the extractive mining meaning would not infer, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
The noun mining company comes from the idea of a company that does mining, a group that digs in the ground to take out coal, gold, or other minerals. So it means 'a business that owns or runs mines'.