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“extractive industry”
A commercial operation involved in exploring for non-renewable natural resources and removing them from the earth: Some examples of extractive industries that withdraw resources from nature are gas drilling, hunting, trapping, mining, and forestry; all of which are important parts of a country's economy.
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“extractive industry”
A company involved in the activities of The removal of natural resources: Extractive industries are involved in prospecting and exploring for wasting (non-regenerative) natural resources, acquiring them, exploring them further, developing them, and producing (extracting) them from the earth.
The term extractive industries does not include the industries of forestry, fishing, agriculture, animal husbandry, or any others that might be involved with resources of a regenerative nature.
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