Rohstoffverarbeitung

== German == === Etymology === Rohstoff (“raw material”) +‎ Verarbeitung (“processing”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʁoːʃtɔffɛɐ̯ˌʔaʁbaɪ̯tʊŋ] Hyphenation: Roh‧stoff‧ver‧ar‧bei‧tung === Noun === Rohstoffverarbeitung f (genitive Rohstoffverarbeitung, plural Rohstoffverarbeitungen) (mining, manufacturing) raw material processing (the industrial conversion of extracted natural resources into semi-finished or finished products) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Veredelung (refinement; emphasizes the increase in value) Weiterverarbeitung (further processing) Materialverarbeitung (material processing) ==== Antonyms ==== Rohstoffgewinnung (extraction; the preceding stage) Endmontage (final assembly; the subsequent stage in complex manufacturing) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Sekundärsektor (the sector this process belongs to) Produktionskette (production chain) Halbzeuge (semi-finished products; the typical output of raw material processing) Deindustrialisierung (affects this sector heavily due to energy costs) ==== Related terms ==== verarbeiten (to process) Verarbeitungsstufe (processing stage)