Sentence examples for powerful mining from inspiring English sources

There are many vocal climate sceptics in the country with the ear of government, and a powerful mining lobby.

His supporters blamed a relentless media campaign that they said was funded by a handful of powerful mining and business leaders.

Mr. Rudd's political fate was sealed when he proved unable to garner support for a contentious mining tax that confused the electorate and angered Australia's powerful mining industry.

The decision to pursue the tax, which Parliament has not approved, came without warning or consultation, confusing the electorate and angering Australia's powerful mining industry.

In June, Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, criticised Australia for being a "free rider", bemoaning the influence of the country's powerful mining lobbyists.

The announcement puts an end to weeks of bitter fighting between the government and the powerful mining sector, which has largely welcomed the deal, and puts Ms. Gillard in a stronger position heading into elections later this year.

While driving his platoon leader on a mission last fall, his truck hit a powerful mine that blew off its rear end and flipped it over.

The task force concluded that the reasons for so many more serious injuries might be partly due to changes in tactics on both sides of the war: more foot patrols by American forces; more and more powerful mines and I.E.D.'s planted by the Taliban.

This is the second encouraging step by the Obama administration in less than a month to bring the politically powerful coal mining industry to heel.

So far, this type of powerful data mining, which relies on sophisticated statistical correlations, is mostly in the realm of university researchers, not identity thieves and marketers.

Through powerful data mining, the rightfully named Target corporation is able to pinpoint customers reaching their third pregnancy month, a pivotal moment in their consuming habits.