### basic industry:

Mining
* Abandoned mines are a major source of river pollution throughout the west.
* Has a long history in the Strait-Highlands Region.
* Lists a number of web sites which are directly related to the mining industry.
* accounts for almost half of the country's exports.
* also has indirect environmental impacts
  - leads to road building and surface mining, which destroy the surface ecosystem
  - makes a significant indirect contribution to the canadian economy
  - ruins landscapes by contributing to deforestation, air and water pollution
* are defense
  - primary sectors
  - production
* basic industry.
* can also add more arsenic to water sources
  - contaminate groundwater
  - include other things like oil and natural gas
  - release acid-causing minerals to a stream
  - expose workers to a variety of hazardous chemicals
* exists in many countries.
* fundamental component of the American economy.
* global industry.
* has a rich tradition of concern for the quality of life in our community, state, and nation.
* has an important place in the history of Utah
  - undeniable environmental, social, and economic impact
  - serious environmental impacts
* includes mining companies, mines, mining buildings and other property, and mining districts.
* involves the extraction of minerals and gases and the initial processing of such materials
  - removal of earth materials and ore-grade materials to generate economic benefit
  - study of current technology and legacy systems
* is also important, especially copper, coal, lead, zinc, and bauxite
  - the only sector in which direct foreign investment is increasing
* is an important activity for Israeli economy, of which much is extracted from the Dead Sea
  - aspect of both North America and other global economies
  - industry in Idaho and in western Montana
  - intensive type of land use with potential for environmental impact over a limited area
  - associated with the loss of top soil, vegetation and fauna
  - central to the economy of Wales
* is important to Australia
  - the country's export trade
* is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
  - oldest human activities
  - significant source of pollution
  - performed by allocating colony spending for a given colony on mining
* is the bedrock of civilization
  - leading industry as Yunnan has one of the world's largest tin deposits
  - most critical industry to the U.S. economy
  - only way to extract coal, a vital source of energy
  - process of getting the coal out of the ground
  - province's third most important economic sector
  - third basic resource industry
  - usually a small scale operation, with hand-operated machinery and tools
* is very harmful to the environment
  - important in Canadian life
* is, after farming, the country's second largest industry.
* leads to the alteration of landscapes and the geological environment.
* lowers the groundwater level, leading to water scarcity.
* major industry in California
  - source of wealth
* minor activity compared to agriculture, when it comes to soil destruction.
* normally means an operation that involves the physical removal of rock and earth.
* offers one of the best opportunities for Inuit to create economic wealth.
* often means moving mountains of rock to recover small amounts of metal
  - releases poisonous wastes into rivers destroying the animal and plant life
* plays a significant role in South African economy.
* produces coal, natural gas, iron ore, copper, uranium, gold and opals
  - essential raw materials necessary to maintain and improve our standard of living
* promotes channel instability as the river diverts into pits during floods.
* relatively small sector, but does produce iron ore and cut diamonds for export
  - iron ore and cut diamonds are produced for export purposes
* represents the smallest number of jobs of any of the economic sectors.
* risky business, subject to the fluctuations of the global commodities market.
* ruins the environment by destroying forests which ruins the homes of animals.
* sideline, extracting lime, silica and crushed stones.
* small but growing industry in Guatemala.
* source of additional pollutants.
* very important industry in Chile.
* wastes that have been used for sandlots, driveways, and roadbeds can also be sources of lead.
+ San Luis Province: Provinces of Argentina
  * Mining is mostly for construction materials such as limestone and marble. There is also mining for tungsten, uranium and salt.
  * Mining' is the process of taking things from the ground. Any material that cannot be grown must be mined. Mining things from the ground is called 'extraction'. Mining can include extraction of metals and minerals, like coal, diamond, gold, silver, platinum, copper, and iron. Mining can also include other things like oil and natural gas.
  * Mining is the only way to extract coal, a vital source of energy. These mines can be strip mines, or they can be hundreds of feet in the ground.
+ Tennant Creek, Northern Territory: Towns in the Northern Territory :: 1870s establishments
  * There was a gold rush to Tennant Creek in 1930, Australia's last gold rush. Mining is still a major activity in the area, with gold, manganese and copper mines. In 2011 the Australian government proposed building a nuclear waste dump near the town despite protests from the traditional Aboriginal land owners. There will be a federal court case of the traditional owners in June 2014.