coal industry
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3.4
- noun
- /koʊl ˈɪndəstri/
:
industria del carbón
- The government announced new policies aimed at supporting the coal industry during the economic downturn.
- decline of the coal industry
The president's policies have have greatly affected the coal industry and so on and so on.
- The president's policies have have greatly affected the coal industry and so on and so on.
- And the role like this tool, Scott Morrison, the PMO is, is playing in all of this as this Flack for the coal industry.
Examples
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Today, an EPA spokesman announced a comprehensive plan... to revive the coal industry by promoting what is known as mountaintop mining.
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Having spent their lives involved with the coal industry, they are desperately trying to find political methods to save their industry.
Academic text (1994) -
Mom told me you worked in the coal industry for a long time.
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Indeed, some in the coal industry in particular had long expected precisely this result.
Academic text (1998) -
Natural gas extraction and use as an energy source have given the coal industry some healthy competition.
Blog text (23) -
British coal indeed did peak in 1913, and almost no coal industry remains in Britain today.
Blog text (22) -
Today, the coal industry is characterized by stagnant productivity levels.
Academic text (1999) -
The economic and social plight of Appalachia, partially the result of the decline of the coal industry, has received considerable attention.
Academic text (1993) -
As a result, the coal industry was justifiably labeled a sick industry by the time nationalization occurred in 1973.
Academic text (1999) -
Many families in this region depend on the coal industry for their livelihoods.
Synonyms
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2.7
Taking minerals like coal or metal from under the ground
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from 'coal' (a combustible fossil material) + 'industry' (organizations/activities producing goods), so a learner who knows both words will understand this as the sector involved in producing/extracting coal. This noun–noun compound pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, making the expression immediately comprehensible at B1.
Etymology
Coal industry comes from the simple image of miners digging coal and the companies that move and sell it. The word industry here means 'businesses' that work with coal, so the phrase refers to all the companies and people who produce and deliver coal.