| Subject | Romanian | English |
| unions., industr., polit. | Federația europeană a sindicatelor din minerit, chimie și energie | European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation |
| environ. | minerit de coastă | offshore mining Oil extraction from platforms situated a short distance from the coast |
| environ. | minerit de suprafaţă | opencast mining Extracting metal ores and minerals that lie near the surface by removing the overlying material and breaking and loading the ore |
| environ. | minerit submarin | deep sea mining The most valuable of the marine mineral resources is petroleum. About 15% of the world's oil is produced offshore, and extraction capabilities are advancing. One of the largest environmental impacts of deep sea mining are discharged sediment plumes which disperse with ocean currents and thus may negatively influence the marine ecosystem. Coal deposits known as extensions of land deposits , are mined under the sea floor in Japan and England |
| environ., waste.man. | minerit urban | urban mining |
| mining., industr. | operațiune de minerit la suprafață | surface mining operation |
| environ. | peisaj după minerit | landscape after mining The process of mining disfigures the surface of the land, and in the absence of reclamation leads to permanent scars. The process spoils the vital topsoil, disrupts drainage patterns, destroys the productive capacity of agricultural and forest land and impairs their aesthetic and social value |