Energy minister Michael Fallon said it would be "irresponsible" not to press ahead with new tax and planning rules that would help Britain exploit deposits that could provide all of our gas needs for 40 years.
Clashes with private security guards and with the police, who receive a monthly stipend paid by Shougang, are common in Ruta del Sol, on land where Shougang says it has concessionary rights to exploit deposits of dolomite, a mineral it hopes to extract for smelting iron and steel.
The Cyprus commerce minister, Nicos Rolandis, said he hoped that the countries would sign an agreement within three months on exploiting underwater deposits.
Its aim is "to support the oil and gas sector" by providing "focused training" in fracking, in exploiting tar deposits, and in searching for oil in polar regions.
Exploiting these deposits requires smaller wells and more sophisticated technology, but the wells generally have a more predictable flow over a longer period.
He is certainly right to alert New York City residents to the dangers posed to our drinking water (I also live in Brooklyn) by exploiting shale deposits upstate.
[The New York Times] A new breed of small mining companies are inching closer to exploiting rich deposits of metals and minerals in the seafloor.
It has since been developed as a planned company town (although ownership of the mine has changed hands several times), exploiting mineral deposits that include significant amounts of lead and copper as well as zinc, cadmium, silver, and germanium (a metalloid element used as a semiconductor).
The Russian government says the country's future wealth depends on exploiting the deposits here and in other parts of the Arctic.
Tin mining was centred in Cornwall and Devon, exploiting alluvial deposits and governed by the special Stannary Courts and Parliaments.
