Sentence examples for mine to block from inspiring English sources

Ruben M. Badalov, first deputy chairman of the Russian Coal Miners' Trade Union, said this policy motivated workers at the Ulyanovskaya mine to block top-of-the-line sensors with wet clothing, which contributed to a 2007 explosion that killed 110.

Other enemies prevent the player from dodging enemy fire by laying mines to block paths.

Due to the high levels of methane gas produced in coal mines, the South African Department of Minerals and Energy Affairs requires the abandoned areas of a mine to be blocked off from the working parts of the mine to prevent methane exchange and/or to contain any possible coal dust explosions.

Then the driver angled his car to block mine.

"Republicans have offered West Virginia no solutions to the problems we face, and instead take action against us again and again -- voting to block mine safety reforms in the wake of the UBB tragedy, pushing to privatize Medicare and Social Security, and protecting their political friends on Wall Street at the expense of West Virginians," Rockefeller said.

In a third rebuff to the extractive industries that donated so heavily to Mr. Bush's election campaign, the House voted to uphold Clinton-era rules requiring mining companies to pay for cleanups, while giving the federal government new powers to block mines that could cause irreversible environmental damage.

The Clinton rules would have imposed stricter environmental standards on mining operations and, for the first time, would have given federal officials the power to block mines likely to cause "substantial irreparable harm" to water quality and other natural resources.

In October, the Bush administration reversed some Clinton regulations for mining on public lands, including setting aside a measure that gave federal officials power to block mining operations that could cause "substantial and irreparable harm".

Diamond exports are also subject to the old regime's rules, despite the efforts of an energetic new minister of mines, who recently tried to block the export of stones worth $10m to an Israeli-run company, but was overruled by his deputy Mr Kabila's former chief of mines.

Several attempts to overhaul the law in recent years have failed, in part thanks to former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev ., a fierce ally of the mining inD-Nev .who fought to block establishing royalty rates.

Coptis's organization, along with the Sierra Club, has filed suit to block the mine from acquiring the necessary permits, arguing that the mining would destroy three endangered streams.