The phrase "mining of resources" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to the extraction of natural resources such as minerals or fuel from the Earth. For example, "The environmental impacts of mining of resources, such as deforestation, water pollution, and air pollution, can be severe."
Thus, metagenomics has been heralded as a promising mining strategy of resources for the biotechnological and pharmaceutical industry.
The Space Resource Exploration and Utilisation Act – yet to be signed by Barack Obama – grants American companies unconstrained rights to the mining of any resources – from water to gold.
Despite the money pouring into the country from the mining of natural resources – Mongolia has a population of just 2.7 million yet has the world's largest mining exploration project and, in Tavan Tolgoi, the world's second largest coal deposit – little of that money makes its way to the residents of the shantytown.
This is being met through mining of groundwater resources.
The deficit is being met through sea-water desalination and mining of groundwater resources.
The goal is to maximize the revenue for all industries involved during and subsequent to mining of coal resources.
The traditional view holds that underground mining of coal resources is the main task of production and that tunnels and gas control engineering are supporting systems.
This would be helpful to choosing correct method and to ensure that any operations don't result in a greater environmental footprint than mining of primary resources.
Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) are widely used for survey and mining of natural resources in the region of underwater and seabed in the last two decades.
The sustainability in concrete is generally achieved through reduced mining of natural resources required for the manufacturing of its basic constituents, by recycling of suitable industrial by-products or post-consumer materials including construction and demolition waste (CDW).
