Freeport McMoran Copper now faces a new problem related to its Indonesian mining operations.
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Open-air mining operations in France are also using drones to determine how much materials have been removed from mines.
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Attendance levels of less than 20% meant four of the company's mining operations in Rustenburg could not operate properly.
Included are regulations on power plants, refineries, mining operations, cement plants, chemical manufacturers, and a host of other industries.
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Further, there are worries about possible shortages of electricity that are necessary for full mining operations in South Africa.
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While carrying its mining operations, the company says it is committed to achieving a high standard of environmental care.
Besides the Grasberg mines in Indonesia, FCX has significant and diversified mining operations in North and South Americas, and Africa.
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While it is an ongoing issue, mining companies have been able to find deposits and turn them into mining operations.
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When platinum hit its record highs in 2008, electricity shortages curtailed mining operations and contributed to a spike in prices.
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In other nations, there are worries about government taking back control over mining operations, making companies hesitant to spend money there.
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Support for the game in the late 19th and early 20th century grew from seaports, major transportation centers and mining operations.
The company has announced that 12 mining operations in Kentucky and West Virginia will be idled or slowed, and 353 jobs cut.
However, the managers also make adjustments for risk in different mining operations.
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The bill going through parliament seeks "holistic reform" for "local area development" especially for "families impacted by mining operations", a government release said.
The thinking mind, in contrast to the programmed selling, rationalized that Freeport McMoran is not without value, given its diversified geographic and political mining operations.
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Green groups are concerned that runoff from the mining operations is flowing into the lagoons and waters which support the reef, threatening their currently pristine state.
How can mining companies improve education, health care and access to social service to create a better quality of life for people impacted by mining operations?
One is for the large mining companies, which have excellent safety standards, and the second is for the medium-sized and small mining operations, which have lower standards.
Way back in August, we reported that Harry Winston (NYSE: HWD) was thinking about selling its namesake diamond retail business to focus solely on its mining operations.
Most of their mining operations occur in Zambia, so the company and the Zambia government sat together to discuss making First Quantum shares available in the local currency.
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Huge inter-connected cylinders, each encompassing a land area as large as 100 square miles, would accommodate, in addition to extensive mining operations, capacious living quarters, gardens, and recreation areas.
Mine supply for silver is rising faster than for other metals, helped by an increase of by-product from gold-mining operations plus a number of major primary projects in recent years.
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Most of the mining companies that Silver Wheaton works with produce silver as a by-product of their mining operations and so is a win-win arrangement for both the participating companies.
Now, the legacy of all that research and exploration is the growing likelihood of large-scale mining operations, fuelled by rising mineral prices, in many parts of the ocean in the coming decades.
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Not only does China have the blessing of favorable geology (ample resources), but the country actively supported its rare earth mining operations at a time when Western miners were closing up shop.
At the time, Areva's chairman and chief executive, Luc Oursel, said that business would go on at its Niger mining operations after a number of measures to reinforce security had been set up.
This comes against a backdrop in which prices may already be low relative to costs and worries about possible power shortages disrupting mining operations in the key PGM-producing nation of South African, Melek added.
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One risk is that the mining operations could generate huge plumes of sediment that could drift through the sea - choking any marine life that feeds by ingesting water and filtering out its food sources.
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While Beejan cautioned the government that the bill could be a threat to mining operations, in turn affecting the provincial economy, he still believes Quebec to be one of the best places for the mining sector.
Efforts to bring in humanitarian aid through the southern port of Umm Qasr were delayed by stubbornly protracted fighting around it and the need for de-mining operations in the surrounding water, assisted by specially trained dolphins.
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