quarrying

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States that depend heavily on extractive industries such as mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction tended to offer fewer protections for insects and arachnids.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

A quarrying and construction firm has been fined £110,000 after the death of a subcontractor.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the deadly blast happened in a building dedicated to making “boosters” – charges used for mining, construction and quarrying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Elsewhere, huge swathes of land have been deforested for agriculture or livestock grazing, or degraded and contaminated by quarrying and mining for metals and minerals.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Returning to the village late in the day, with her baskets and belly full of apples, Alyce cut through the manor field, near where the villagers had dug a pit for the quarrying of gravel.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman