| English | Latvian |
| coal mining The technical and mechanical job of removing coal from the earth and preparing it for market | ogļu ieguve |
| deep sea mining The most valuable of the marine mineral resources is petroleum. About 15% of the world's oil is produced offshore, and extraction capabilities are advancing. One of the largest environmental impacts of deep sea mining are discharged sediment plumes which disperse with ocean currents and thus may negatively influence the marine ecosystem. Coal deposits known as extensions of land deposits , are mined under the sea floor in Japan and England | derīgo izrakteņu ieguve atklātā jūrā |
| landscape after mining The process of mining disfigures the surface of the land, and in the absence of reclamation leads to permanent scars. The process spoils the vital topsoil, disrupts drainage patterns, destroys the productive capacity of agricultural and forest land and impairs their aesthetic and social value | ainava pēc izrakteņu ieguves |
| lignite mining Extraction of brown coal from natural deposits; lignite is a brownish-black solid fuel in the second stage in the development of coal. It has a little over half the heating value of bituminous or anthracite coal | brūnogļu ieguve |
| mine filling Filling of disused mines with soil, crushed stone, or waste materials in order to restore the geological, agricultural and landscape features of the concerned area | raktuves aizpildīšana |
| mining district A district where mineral exploitation is performed | ieguves rajons |
| mining engineering Engineering concerned with the discovery, development and exploitation of coal, ores, and minerals, as well as the cleaning, sizing and dressing of the product | ieguves tehnoloģija |
| mining geology The study of geologic aspects of mineral deposits, with particular regard to problems associated with mining | ieguves ģeoloģija |
| mining industry A sector of the economy in which an aggregate of commercial enterprises is engaged in the extraction of minerals occurring naturally, often involving quarrying, well operations, milling, exploration and development | ieguves rūpniecība |
| mining law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate the potentially harmful activity of enterprises concerned with the extraction and processing of precious or valuable metals | likumdošana par derīgo izrakteņu ieguvi |
| mining product No definition needed | derīgais izraktenis |
| mining regulation A rule or order prescribed by government or management to promote the safety, legality or ecological responsibility of any aspect of the process or industry of ore extraction | ieguves nozares juridiskais regulējums |
| mining site restoration Mining is an intensive type of land use with potential for environmental impact over a limited area. When closure occurs, it should address both environmental and safety aspects. Mine reclamation is an ongoing program designed to restore to an acceptable state the physical, chemical and biological quality or potential of air, land and water regimes disturbed by mining. The objective of mine reclamation is to prevent or minimize adverse long-term environmental impacts, and create a self-sustaining ecosystem as near as practicable to what existed before the mining activity | ieguves vietas restaurācija |
| mining waste Any residue which results from the extraction of raw materials from the earth | ieguves atkritumi |
| offshore mining Oil extraction from platforms situated a short distance from the coast | naftas ieguve jūrā netālu no krasta |
| opencast mining Extracting metal ores and minerals that lie near the surface by removing the overlying material and breaking and loading the ore | izrakteņu ieguve karjeros |
| sea bed mining The activity or processes involving the extraction of mineral deposits from the surface, or below the surface, of the ocean floor | jūras gultnes resursu ieguve |
| urban mining | izejvielu ieguve pilsētvidē |
