reclamation industry

  • 1reclamation — [rek΄lə mā′shən] n. [Fr réclamation < L reclamatio] 1. a reclaiming or being reclaimed; esp., the recovery of wasteland, desert, etc. by ditching, filling, or irrigating 2. the process or industry of obtaining useful materials from waste… …

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  • 2reclamation — /rek leuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the reclaiming of desert, marshy, or submerged areas or other wasteland for cultivation or other use. 2. the act or process of reclaiming. 3. the state of being reclaimed. 4. the process or industry of deriving usable …

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  • 3reclamation — /rɛkləˈmeɪʃən/ (say rekluh mayshuhn) noun 1. the reclaiming of waste, desert, marshy, or submerged land for cultivation or other use. 2. the act or process of reclaiming. 3. the state of being reclaimed. 4. the process or industry of deriving… …

  • 4Western Reclamation — The Western Reclamation (also known as Wynyard Point, Wynyard Wharf or Tank Farm, though these strictly designate only parts of the whole), is a reclaimed piece of land on the Waitemata Harbour at the western edge of the Auckland waterfront in… …

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  • 5Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 — The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.SMCRA created two programs: one for regulating active coal mines and a second… …

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  • 6Oil shale industry — Stuart oil shale pilot plant (now dismantled) Oil shale industry is an industry of mining and processing of oil shale a fine grained sedimentary rock, containing significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds), from …

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  • 7Mining industry of Ghana — accounts for 5% of the country s GDP and minerals make up 37% of total exports, of which gold contributes over 90% of the total mineral exports. Thus, the main focus of Ghana s mining and minerals development industry remains focused on gold.… …

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  • 8Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation (Egypt) — Egypt This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Egypt …

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  • 9Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …

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  • 10Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry — The Ministry of Construction of Heavy Industry of the USSR (Russian: Министерство строительства тяжелой промышленности СССР) was a central government institution charged with leading the heavy industry of the Soviet Union. The ministry… …

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