Sentence examples for announcement of mining from inspiring English sources

Many other efforts here end tragically, and occasionally the government is accused of delaying announcement of mining accidents, censoring the news or failing to punish the regulators overseeing the mines.

The announcement comes just as scientists are embracing the idea of mining "near-Earth asteroids".

This week, it looked like an all-too routine announcement of yet another appalling Chinese mine disaster.

Sierra Leone was characterized as one of the world's fastest-growing economies, with the revival of iron mining and the announcement of a significant offshore oil discovery.

This follows announcements last week that barred drilling in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska and a brokered settlement that cancelled 32,000 acres of mining leases on Montana land considered by the Blackfeet tribe as "like a church, a divine sanctuary".

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The announcement of the reserve, which will bar commercial fishing, mining, and other extractive uses, came in the U.K. government's 2015 budget.

Recent announcements of plans to mine asteroids for precious elements and minerals – in particular the launch of Planetary Resources, backed by Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google and commercial spaceflight entrepreneur Peter Diamandis – has got people talking about whether some of these cosmic goldmines might be nudged closer to Earth for easier access.

"Today's announcement of the final federal approval for the Carmichael mine and north Galilee basin rail by minister Hunt makes clear that these concerns have been addressed, reflected in rigorous and painstaking conditions," a company statement read.

The proposed deal follows the announcement of the $32 billion takeover by the commodities trader Glencore for the mining giant Xstrata.

That followed the announcement of plans by another company, Planetary Resources, to send an unmanned robotic mining mission to the asteroid belt, as my colleague Kirk Johnson reported from Washington State last month.