This group includes at a minimum the pharmaceutical, petroleum, mining, aerospace, electronics, semiconductor, food, textile and cosmetic industries.

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These will come to be seen as yet another, odious "unfunded federal mandate" and few in the many affected companies (including the pharmaceutical, petroleum, mining, aerospace, electronics, semiconductor, food, textile and cosmetic industries) appreciate that they are about to be subjected to onerous and expensive data collection, reporting and inspection requirements.

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To offset the construction slowdown, the group has diversified--with mixed results--into satellite communications, financial services, industrial and power projects and petroleum, chemicals and mining.

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Much of that was from the mining, timber, commodities and petroleum industries.

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Restrictions will be relaxed in sectors as diverse as civil aviation, construction development, industrial parks, petroleum and natural gas, commodity exchanges, credit-information services and mining.

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One reason why size matters is the mining industry's small size relative to other comparable industries, such as petroleum.

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