Under an obscure 1866 mining law, roads and paths established long ago may be re-opened, even if they are now in national parks.
The reefs, the second biggest system in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef, are under threat from nickel mining on New Caledonia, Green groups say.
Companies in the precious metals and mining sector are under intense scrutiny right now given the steep fall in gold and silver prices this year.
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He says the main reason why India remains under-explored is that mining leases and exploration licenses have not been given for large areas, even when there are indicative gold reserves.
The future of the Daw Mill colliery in Warwickshire remains under threat despite major changes at mining company UK Coal.
The centre-left Fairfax papers (which support the mining tax) operate under a charter guaranteeing journalists freedom from management control on editorial policy.
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Typically, mining companies like to work under annual contracts, since it enables them to assemble the massive supply chain needed to move vast amounts of ore from remote locations around the world.
In terms of mining investment, while the cancellation or delay of Olympic Dam mine expansion by BHP Billiton indicates that projects under consideration have probably peaked, this does not mean that the mining investment boom is over.
The threat of a power shortage in the country, and thus a curtailment of electricity needed for mining that tends to occur far under the ground, has been an ongoing issue for a few years now.
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Mr Barter said the trees were under threat from the spread of the chestnut leaf mining moth and chestnut bleeding canker.
Australia largely avoided the global financial crisis that started in 2008, mostly because of the mining boom helped spur economic growth Down Under.
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It's going to have a huge impact on mining commodities - several coal mines are under water and some won't be operational for months.
Second, the promise of less regulation, which could help certain sectors like coal mining and oil exploration that have been under the wrath of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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These policies encourage mining companies to dig up the natural resources under Turkey rather than head to another country.
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There are five main gold-mining ETFs, with the biggest by assets under management being the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX).
Since 2006, the company operated as two segments: a luxury retail jewelry and watch division under the iconic Harry Winston brand name and a diamond mining business.
And countries (generally poor ones) who have the rain forests should be compensated for protecting them, particularly when they are under so much economic pressure to open them up to mining companies.
Eskom, the state-owned utility in which many experienced white managers had been too quickly pushed aside, is now investing again in new plant under a new chairman, Bobby Godsell, a veteran mining executive.
This time, Pandora is under the control of a man named Handsome Jack, who is mining the planet for a valuable resource in order to open yet another Vault.
The result, marketed under the name of Bauxsol by Virotec International, a former gold-mining company, has proved to be an effective mopper-upper of mining waste.
Under the UN's Convention on the Law of the Sea, mining rights on the ocean floor are controlled by a little-known body, the International Seabed Authority, which since 2001 has issued 13 licences - with another six in prospect.
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At least 20 mining chief executive officers have stepped down in the past year, many under pressure from investors and boards.
And having been protected from global recession by their mining boom, Australians do not want to hear that this is now under threat.
The firm said its operating performance had improved over recent weeks, under the leadership of new chief executive Gerry Spindler - a veteran of the US mining industry.
Under Obama, nearly two-thirds of federal lands are currently off-limits to drilling and mining, and leasing has slowed in recent years.
The Dwarf King goes from being committed to the productive arts of mining and metallurgy to simply gazing at the veritable sea of gold which he has gathered under the ground.
Actually, as political institutions come under pressure, there may be reactions against private interests (consider that Venezuela announced that it is nationalizing its mining industry).
Speaking at the Paydirt Africa Down Under conference in Perth, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade secretary Dennis Richardson said the number of Australian mining firms listed on the stock exchange and operating in Africa had jumped from 54 in 2003 to more than 160 this year.
However, under planning consent the company still needs to complete negotiations to buy 17 nearby homes in the hamlet of Drakelands before mining can start.
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