All that humanity does to satisfy its material, spiritual and social needs, for convenience, has been divided into three broad sectors of the economy. The primary sector - all types of activities that produce goods from land, air and water, the secondary - processes all mined, and the tertiary - all other types of activities. The extractive industry accounts for most of the primary sector.
Pioneer means first
Why is the extractive industry often called the pioneering industry? Maybe because it began to emerge in the Neolithic era from stones collected by primitive people. And already in ancient Egypt, where they broke the stone for the pyramids, it was a primitive, but quite large industrial production. In general, stone mining in many countries of the world has become the first real mining industry, leaving behind the famous catacombs in Rome, Paris, Alexandria and Odessa.
On the other hand, if we include picking berries and mushrooms, fishing, harvesting sea animals and other methods of extraction, we can start the counting earlier. But, as industries, these types of human activity developed nevertheless later.
Base element
At the beginning of any production cycle was the extraction of natural resources from land, air and water. Perhaps this is also the correct answer to the question: "Why is the extractive industry often called the pioneering industry?" In the romantic industrial era, people working in the extractive industry were indeed pioneers (direct translation from English is a pioneer). The first oil in Siberia or Texas, the gold rush in Alaska, and the start of diamond mining in Yakutia were impressive events.
Now in the extractive industry include:
- various methods of generating electrical energy;
- mining operations;
- hunting, fishing, fishing for whales and sea animals;
- logging.
