Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 48 mining 44 quarrying 43 minerals 43 extraction 41 alluvial deposits 41 extractive 40 extracting 40 denuding 40 stone quarries 40 mined 39 mineral extraction 39 ecologically fragile 39 mineral 39 environmentally destructive 38 polluting 38 mines 38 prospected 38 diggings 38 prospecting 37 ecologically sensitive areas 36 despoiled 36 prospectors 36 polluted 36 encroaching 36 contaminating groundwater 36 coalmining 36 environmentally damaging 36 ecologically sensitive 36 quarries 36 metallic minerals 35 pollutions 35 environmentally benign 35 artisanal mining 35 opencast mining 35 laterite 35 bauxite 35 toxic wastes 34 pollute 34 extracted 34 drillings 34 roadbuilding 34 contaminate groundwater 34 contaminating 34 Alberta tar sands 34 alluvial gold 34 wildcatters 33 gasfields 33 exploitation 33 extract 33 leaching 33 extractable 33 environmentally harmful 33 vast tracts 33 gravel extraction 33 quarried 33 despoiling 33 tar sands 33 polluted waterways 33 profiting 33 uranium mines 33 expropriating 33 trona 33 Marampa 32 fragile ecology 32 Diwalwal 32 rutile 32 coal mining 32 emitting greenhouse gases 32 goldmine 32 decontrolled 32 leached 32 despoil 32 nonrenewable resources 32 copper cobalt 32 ores 32 Sanguem 32 unquantified 32 barons 32 excavating 32 environmentally unsound 32 environmental degradation 32 unscrupulous businessmen 32 magnates 32 Didipio 32 excavate 32 excavation 31 encroached 31 environmentally unfriendly 31 seeping 31 unmined 31 tailings dam 31 digging 31 bauxite alumina 31 vast expanses 31 methane hydrate 31 coalmines 31 expropriated 31 greenfields 31 profiteering 31 extorting money 31 leeching