Why mining is called as 'robber industry'?
Question asked by: janani
Asked on: 05 Nov 2008
This is because it is using up the earths resources, therefore in a very poetic sense 'robbing' the earth of its natural resources that will not be laid down again, at least not for an extremely long period of time.
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