Much of the complex would naturally be filled with scorching water, were it not for industrial pumps that facilitate the mining of silver, zinc, lead, and other minerals in the caves.

洞穴中大多充满灼热的水，因而给利用工业泵在其中进行银、锌、铅等矿物的开采增加了难度。

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The research results may be of value to mining of rock salt or other minerals to be mined by solution.

研究的结果可为岩盐开采和其他水溶法矿物开采提供参考。

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Chinese mining and metals firms have been scouring the world for promising reserves of iron, copper, bauxite and other key industrial minerals.

中国采矿和金属企业也在全世界寻找有潜力的铁、铜、铝和其它关键工业矿产资源。

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The Halkidiki area has a long history of mining for gold and other minerals, making it the centre of frequent bitter debates between residents and politicians.

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Research at the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin has also suggested that the process of mining helium-3 would produce other minerals to support space settlements.

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That was the year the government was formulating a draft mining charter, proposing that companies be at least 26% black-owned in order to get a government mining license. (The draft became law in 2005.) Since then Motsepe has diversified, swallowing up or forming partnerships with several other old mining companies and adding a swath of minerals: precious metals (platinum and its cousins), nickel, chrome, iron, manganese and coal.

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