Meanwhile, private firms push ever further into remote areas in search of lumber, minerals, oil and gas, creating a whole new series of potential flashpoints.

同时，私营企业向偏远地区进一步推进，以寻找木材、矿产、油气，正造成一个全新系列的潜在热点。

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The synchrotron-based energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction method has great advantage and potential for diagnosing the crystal structure of tiny minerals and mineral inclusions.

同步辐射X射线能量色散法对于解决微细矿物及包裹体矿物的晶体结构具有巨大的优势和潜力。

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A more distant worry voiced by some in Washington is that China could cut off the United States and other potential rivals of access to minerals used in military equipment.

华府的一些人士则表露了另一个远虑，因为军事装备要用到稀土，中国此举等于切断了美国和其他一些国家的来源。

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Investors seemed less concerned by the risks of digging up minerals, more by potential political obstacles in the wake of the Canadian government's intervention to block BHP Billiton's hostile takeover of Potash Corporation.

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Meanwhile, private firms push ever further into remote areas in search of lumber, minerals, oil and gas, creating a whole new series of potential flashpoints.

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These geomicrobiological changes can capture or release toxic metals and radionuclides attached to minerals making these interactions vital to our understanding of environmental contamination and also to exploit potential bioremediation techniques to treat contaminants.

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