Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Hyōgaiji
ぎょう
Grade: 3
kan’on
For pronunciation and definitions of 砿業 – see the following entry.
鉱業こうぎょう
[noun] mining (activity of removing solid valuables from the earth)
Alternative spelling
礦業
(This term, 砿業, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)