noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
quarrying; stone extraction
Refers to the industrial process of extracting stone from a quarry. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to quarry'.
この地域では採石が盛んに行われている。
Quarrying is actively carried out in this region.
山から花崗岩を採石
They quarry granite from the mountain.