Sentence examples for dominant mining from inspiring English sources

"It's fantastic to see a project that will diversify our economy from its dominant mining base," she said.

Victoria does not have a dominant mining base as with other states, and has traditionally been more dependent on agriculture for rail freight traffic.

Leaf breakdown rates were not related to stream physical characteristics, but were significantly related to the abundance of shredders, especially with the dominant leaf-mining Chironomidae.

Pump chambers, normally used as dominant structures in mining engineering to insure the safety and production of underground coal mines, become generally deformed under conditions of deep mining.

Much of the character of the country reflects the evolution of its dominant economic interests — mining, sugar and coffee.

Though the English language was dominant in the mining areas, only Dutch remained official.

The leaders of two trade unions at Marikana – the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which has been dominant at the mine for 30 years, and the Association of Mining and Construction Union (Amcu) – blamed the London-listed mine owner Lonmin for the trouble.

Although mining is dominant, the town's economy has diversified through commerce and cocoa production.

The trust acquired control of the American Smelting and Refining Company in 1901 and became the dominant force in the mining industry for the next three decades.

Alrosa isn't a household name, but it's a dominant force in diamond mining that wants to increase its sales in the U.S.

It gives state-owned companies a dominant role in oil, mining, electricity, transport and telecommunications, reflecting the government's mistrust of the private sector.