Sentence examples for closure of mining from inspiring English sources

Prevention of wind erosion by surface-wetting is not practical in such environments, especially after closure of mining operations.

In 2006 it ordered the closure of mines with an annual output of less than 90,000 tonnes.

Southeastern Quebec was long a principal source of the world's asbestos before the closure of mines there in response to health concerns related to asbestos exposure.

Faull agrees, points to the closure of mines in Belgium and elsewhere as evidence of a wider trend, and believes coal's reputation as dirty and polluting explains its loss of support.

The price of coal has fallen to just above US$60 per metric ton, down from US$140 four years ago and leading to the closure of mines on Australia's east coast.

These areas have never fully recovered from the devastation of the closure of mines and steelworks.

In the latter half of the 19th century Cornwall experienced rapid deindustrialisation, with the closure of mines in particular considered by the Cornish to be both an economic and cultural disaster.

Port authorities said the decline is tied to a number of factors, including a ban on ore exports from Karnataka, restrictions on transporting ore from mines to offload points and the closure of several mines following charges of illegal mining.

Eruptions, and the advent of new processes, led to the closure of most mining operations.

The earthquake occurred on 9 March 2005 at DRDGOLD's Hartebeesfontein mine in Stilfontein, killing two miners underground and resulting in the closure of the mine.

The closure of these mines was to the desertion of the city what the running of these mines was to its foundation and development.