Sentence examples for heavy mining from inspiring English sources

Shortly afterwards, Graphite Mountain moved heavy mining equipment onto a claim across the road from the Loucks's land and began blasting and drilling.

The Chinese government claims the reason for the heavy mining activity, which increases the risk of landslides in the already precarious region, is to raise living standards and create economic growth.

It is primarily used for transporting miners to and from a cluster of islands with a heavy mining industry.

President Obama designated three new national monuments in the California desert Thursday, expanding federal protection to 1.8 million acres of landscapes that have retained their natural beauty despite decades of heavy mining, cattle ranching and off-roading.

One site at BBM was omitted from analysis as it was isolated from all herbivores due to heavy mining in the area.

"A heavy mine ripped through the bus, resulting in mass civilian casualties, including women and children".

Yet the British debate over military resources misses important points: heavy mine-resistant vehicles are unable to move off the roads and surprise the enemy; helicopters are vulnerable and must stay away from high-threat areas; and Britain will never have enough troops to secure Helmand province.

BHP Chief Executive Marius Kloppers has spoken excitedly about potash as a great diversifier for the Anglo-Australian giant's iron ore-heavy mining portfolio.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with its union-heavy mining industry, is a source of historic Democratic strength.

Transport improvements meant that heavier mining equipment could be brought in and larger, more modern mines established in the Klondike, revolutionising the gold industry.

And whoever in the Qaddafi forces had emplaced this minefield had buried many of the heavier mines beneath three of the lighter mines, an arrangement known as the "poor man's pressure plate".