Sentence examples for expansion of mining from inspiring English sources

Some coal has been developed in the northeast, and the possibility exists for the expansion of mining there.

Nor does she chart the use of new metals or the expansion of mining or increased yields reported from new strains of food seeds.

Development of the coal trade in the 17th century, based on an expansion of mining in the valley of the River Wear, resulted in rapid growth of the town.

Taylor McKinnon, campaigns director of public lands at the Centre for Biological Diversity, said the expansion of mining would threaten the park's delicate ecosystem that ranges from desert scrub in the parched canyon to the Californian condors that wheel above the craggy outcrops.

Later other Anthropocene starting points were proposed, including the extinction of large Pleistocene mammals, such as the mammoth, approximately 14,000 years ago (before the onset of the Holocene Epoch), the expansion of agriculture (some 5,000 years ago), and the expansion of mining (some 3,000 years ago).

Vaz contends that the current government is demarcating very little land for indigenous groups and has largely abandoned its responsibilities to them, placing their lives in danger, primarily because it "sees the Indians as hampering the agricultural business, hampering the expansion of mining, and hampering the extraction of natural resources".

Hughes notes that the "unprecedented expansion" of mines and ports will see the number of coal ships crossing the GBR grow from 1600 in 2012 to more than 4000 by 2020.

The expansion of raw material extraction activities also often leads to an increasing number of environmental conflicts with the local population, which faces, e.g., dislocations due to expansions of mining areas or accumulations of air and water pollution with severe negative effects on their daily lives (Martinez-Alier 2014).

Patriot Coal has concluded that the continuation or expansion of surface mining, particularly large scale surface mining of the type common in central Appalachia, is not in its long term interests.

The Greens favour the original 40% mining super-tax, and are opposed to wholesale expansion of the mining industry.

"The expansion of our mining and natural resources operations and the application of our mining expertise across commodities where we can add value are key elements of Anglo American's growth strategy," the company's chief executive, Tony Trahar, said in a statement.