| English | Spanish |
| coal mining | minas de carbón |
| coal mining The technical and mechanical job of removing coal from the earth and preparing it for market | minas de carbón |
| 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 | actividad minera en fondo marino |
| landscape after mining | paisaje después de la explotación minera |
| 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 | paisaje después de la explotación minera |
| lignite mining | explotación minera de lignito |
| 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 | explotación minera de lignito |
| mining basin | cuencas mineras |
| mining district | distrito de explotación minera |
| mining district A district where mineral exploitation is performed | distrito de explotación minera |
| mining engineering | ingeniería minera |
| 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 | ingeniería minera |
| mining geology | geología minera |
| mining geology The study of geologic aspects of mineral deposits, with particular regard to problems associated with mining | geología minera |
| 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 | industria minera |
| mining law | ley de explotación minera |
| 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 | ley de explotación minera |
| mining product No definition needed | producto minero |
| mining regulation | reglamento de explotación minera |
| 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 | reglamento de explotación minera |
| mining site restoration | restauración de mina |
| 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 | rehabilitación de mina |
| mining waste | residuos de la minería |
| mining waste Any residue which results from the extraction of raw materials from the earth | residuos de la minería |
| offshore mining | minería marina |
| offshore mining Oil extraction from platforms situated a short distance from the coast | minería marina |
| opencast mining Extracting metal ores and minerals that lie near the surface by removing the overlying material and breaking and loading the ore | explotación a cielo abierto |
| rock salt mining | extracción de sal de roca |
| rock salt mining Rock salt mining is an underground mining process in which the salt is physically dug out of the ground in an operation involving drilling, blasting and crushing the rock. The major percentage of this output is used for winter road maintenance | extracción de sal de roca |
| sea bed mining | minería en el fondo marino |
| sea bed mining The activity or processes involving the extraction of mineral deposits from the surface, or below the surface, of the ocean floor | minería en el fondo marino |
| strip mining Superficial mining, in which the valuable rock is exposed by removal of overburden. Coal, numerous nonmetals and metalliferous ores (iron and copper) are worked in this way. Sinonym: strip mining, opencast mining, openpit mining | explotación a cielo abierto por excavadoras |
| urban mining | minería urbana |
| Waste resulting from exploration, mining, dressing and further treatment of minerals and quarrying | Residuos de la prospección, extracción, preparación y otros tratamientos de minerales y canteras |
| waste resulting from exploration, mining, dressing and further treatment of minerals and quarrying | residuos de la prospección, extracción, preparación y otros tratamientos de minerales y canteras |
| wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals | residuos de la prospección, extracción, preparación y otros tratamientos de minerales y canteras |
