Sentence examples for battle mining from inspiring English sources

In Cajamarca the rondas are now led by rural schoolteachers from a far-left party; they battle mining companies and are the real power in the land, says Rubén Vargas, a security consultant.The common element in all three countries is the weakness of law enforcement in rural areas.

He battled mining companies - and sometimes succeeded in keeping them out of the region.

In response, strong opposition in the region ensued: DECOIN (Defensa y Conservacion Ecologica de Intag) was founded as a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to reversing deforestation, conserving the unique biodiversity of the area, and battling mining companies that threaten to disrupt and destroy the Intag Valley.

The government had also become embroiled in a damaging battle with mining companies over a plan to impose a new tax on their "super profits".

After a four-year legal battle, a mining company has paid the government a record $1.79 billion to settle claims for hazardous waste pollution across 19 states, federal agencies announced Thursday.

A bitter boardroom battle at mining group Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation ENRCC) boiled over on Wednesday when the Kazakh-based company's shareholders voted overwhelmingly for the departure of four directors, including City veteran Sir Richard Sykes.

There's a huge battle over mining and port development.

There is also a constant battle between mining corporations who are intent on digging up profit in this beautiful area, and those environmental warriors that continue to fight them in court and on the ground, to keep this world-unique natural area undisturbed.

A West Virginia internist, battling a mining company over its disposal of toxic wastes, encounters dangerous forces.

A gun battle between mine company officials and unionized workers in 1920 brought the nickname "Bloody Mingo," fodder today for history tourists and TV serials.

He helped battle two mine fires.