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mine Excavation from which minerals (mainly coal and metal ores) are extracted. Underground mines are of two main types: shaft mines and drift mines.
Shafts are sunk vertically in the Earth's crust until they reach the depth of the seams to be exploited, which are then reached by tunnels or galleries.
Drift mines are generally shallower, the seams being reached by a drift, or gradually sloping shaft, which leads on to a gallery system. In
open-cast mining, the seams are near or on the surface and are exposed by giant dragline machines that dig away the topsoil; this is also called strip mining.
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Mining lacks the economic stature it once had
Newspaper article from: The Billings Gazette; 3/7/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...the next century-- fails to mention mining was not an admission that the industry...industry that was once predominant: Mining isn't the kind of major industry in Montana that it once was. Mining is not a top revenue producer. And mining...
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Mining adds $524 billion to the U.S. economy
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; The domestic mining industry had a combined direct and indirect impact...1995, according to a study performed for the National Mining Association (NMA). Everything Begins With Mining - Mining and the American Economy was conducted by...
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Mining industry making its pitch At seminar here, national officials will try to convince doubters
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/17/1997; ; 700+ words
; The nation's mining industry comes to Wisconsin today and Tuesday in...economies issues at the heart of the public debate on mining. The conference, "Environmentally Responsible Mining: The Technology, The People, The Commitment...
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Mining law update
Magazine article from: Mining Engineering; 2/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Since its passage, the Mining Law of 1872 has been modified several times to meet the changing...provide an effective framework for a robust US exploration and mining industry, the mining law continues to be criticized in some quarters as outdated...
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CHINA MINING Congress & Expo 2008: Join Us In Celebrating The 10th Anniversary!
News Wire article from: abnnewswire.net; 7/28/2008; ; 700+ words
; CHINA MINING Congress & Expo 2008 will be held at Beijing...Center on November 11-13, 2008. CHINA MINING Congress is hosted by the Ministry of Land...including the World Bank Group, China Mining Association, Australian Embassy and Canadian...
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Mining publishing alliance. (Comment).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Mining Magazine; 1/1/2002; 700+ words
; The Mining Journal Ltd has joined with two other leading mining publishers to form a global alliance. With effect from January 1, 2002, London-based Mining Journal Ltd, Santiago-based Editec and Johannesburg...
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Mining for information gold: data mining offers the RIM professional an opportunity to contribute to knowledge discovery in databases in a substantial way.
Magazine article from: Information Management Journal; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...One of these new technologies is data mining, a term based on the idea that very large...and increasingly during the 1990s, data mining technology was becoming available in the...technology has been a continually growing data mining industry containing scores of new companies...
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Wega Mining Acquires Over 91% of Goldbelt Resources.
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 12/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...Dec 14, 2007 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- Wega Mining ASA ( Wega Mining )(OSLO:WEMI) announced that as of 8:00 p...been validly deposited (and not withdrawn)to Wega Mining's offer (the Offer ), through its wholly-owned...
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The Mining Association of British Columbia: Senior Clinton Foundation Advisor Eric Nonacs Speaking at Vancouver Mining Conference; Inaugural Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals attracting internationally renowned speakers.(Conference news)
News Wire article from: Canadian Corporate News; 9/20/2007; 700+ words
; ...2007 (CCNMatthews via COMTEX) -- The Mining Association of British Columbia is pleased...to speak at the Asia Pacific Forum on Mining and Minerals, taking place at the Hyatt...Emerson, Lukas Lundin, Chairman of Lundin Mining Corporation, and Heherson T. Alvarez...
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Mining reform is a N.H. issue too.(LEGISLATION)
Magazine article from: New Hampshire Business Review; 2/29/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Hampshire has a real stake in the western mining law reform movement now under way in Washington, D.C. While mining is no longer a big industry in the Granite...of long-outdated policies governing mining on public lands has been felt in New...
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Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. 2-1-1...Company Incorporated: 1950 as Kamioka Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. Employees...Hiroshima Kyoto Niigata Sapporo Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (MMS) is...
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mining
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
mining extraction of solid mineral resources from the earth. These resources...If so, the deposit can be worked or extracted by a variety of mining methods. Surface Mining Methods Strip mining (see coal mining ), open-pit (or open...
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Mining
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
MINING Mining activities have been carried out by humans for millennia. The first book on mining, (and the health hazards associated with it), was De re metallica by Agricola, published in Switzerland in the sixteenth century. Mining is among...
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Hecla Mining Company
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Hecla Mining Company 6500 Mineral Drive Coeur d...Public Company Incorporated: 1891 as Hecla Mining Company Employees: 1,259 Sales: $166...The oldest of Idaho ’ s pioneer mining companies, Hecla Mining Company mines...
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Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. 10-1, Toranomon 2-chome...Public Company Incorporated: 1905 as Kuhara Mining Company Employees: 5,508 Sales...Osaka Nagoya Frankfurt New York Nippon Mining Co., Ltd. is one of the leading copper...
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