coal mining

[kohl mahy-ning]

noun

1. the mining or extraction of coal from the earth.

Example Sentences

In recent months, the administration has called for opening up public lands for energy resource extraction, including oil drilling, coal mining, timber production and geothermal exploration.

From Los Angeles Times

As rural America shifts away from the extraction-based industries that once defined it — such as logging, coal mining and fishing — adults struggling with basic literacy are trying to play catch-up with the digital literacy needed in the modern workforce, Laughlin said.

From Los Angeles Times

Nowhere is the tragedy of the commons more literally and devastatingly visible than in mountaintop removal coal mining.

From Salon

Pittsburgh, America's historic steel city also famed for coal mining, is known as a hub for hard industrial labour.

From BBC

The current political race in this former coal mining heartland of west central Scotland will decide who represents Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse in the Scottish Parliament following the death of the SNP's Christina McKelvie.

From BBC