Meanwhile the miner gets involved with it (7)
I believe the answer is:
interim
'meanwhile' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'miner gets involved with it' is the wordplay.
'gets involved with' is an anagram indicator.
'miner' with its letters mixed up with 'it' gives 'INTERIM'.
'the' is the link.
(Other definitions for interim that I've seen before include "An intervening period of time" , "not there for ever" , "temporary period" , "Meantime - provisional" , "Meantime; temporary" .)