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urban mining

urban mining noun: the process of recovering rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments.

Noun

urban mining (uncountable)

  1. The process of recovering rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments.

Origin of urban mining

Coined by Japanese professor 南條道夫 (Michio Nanjo) in 1988.

Questions about urban mining

What does urban mining mean?
Urban mining means the process of recovering rare metals through mechanical and chemical treatments.
What part of speech is urban mining?
Urban mining is a noun.

Words near urban mining in the dictionary

  1. urban legends
  2. urban lumberjack
  3. urban lumberjacks
  4. urban mine
  5. urban mines
  6. urban mining
  7. urban myth
  8. urban myths
  9. urban Naxal
  10. urban Naxals
  11. urban planner

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