Rohstoffgewinnung
German
Etymology
Rohstoff (“raw material”) + Gewinnung (“extraction, gain”) From Rohstoff + Gewinnung (from the verb gewinnen).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁoːʃtɔfɡəˌvɪnʊŋ]
- Hyphenation: Roh‧stoff‧ge‧win‧nung
Noun
Rohstoffgewinnung f (genitive Rohstoffgewinnung, plural Rohstoffgewinnungen)
- (mining, economics) raw material extraction, extraction of resources (the process of obtaining natural resources from the earth or environment)
- Die Rohstoffgewinnung im Tiefbau ist oft mit hohen Sicherheitsrisiken verbunden.
- Raw material extraction in underground mining is often associated with high security risks.
Declension
Declension of Rohstoffgewinnung [feminine]
Synonyms
- Extraktion (extraction; more technical/chemical)
- Abbau (mining/quarrying; specifically for minerals and ores)
- Förderung (production/pumping; specifically for oil and gas)
Antonyms
- Rohstoffverarbeitung (raw material processing; secondary stage)
- Recycling (recovery of materials from waste instead of nature)
Coordinate terms
- Tagebau (open-cast mining)
- Tiefbau (underground mining)
- Fracking (a specific method of gas/oil extraction)
- Urproduktion (the overarching economic sector)
- Ressourcenknappheit (resource scarcity)
Related terms
- Rohstoffquelle (source of raw materials)
- gewinnbringend (profitable)