mining
Example Sentences
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Environmental damage caused by mining has long plagued Zambia's copper belt.
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In Tumbler Ridge, a mining town of roughly 2,700 people, a picture of the teen’s unsettled life was emerging from police and court records and a family statement.
"But mostly the challenge is to make them motivated about mining," he added.
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Harsh conditions and weak infrastructure make mining a difficult task, however.
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Carney is travelling to the Rocky Mountain mining town with the heads of all opposition parties, a show of national solidarity after one of the deadliest outbursts of violence in Canadian history.
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