Sentence examples for prospect of mining from inspiring English sources
Human embryos offer another source of stem cells, but the prospect of mining biological matter from fetuses has raised objections.
The prospect of mining asteroids was a sci-fi dream of the 1970s, just around the time of the manganese nodule craze.
Martin Rees, the British astronomer, is dubious about the prospect of mining asteroids ("It's rather shaky economics," he said at the Science Museum), although he does want to "find common cause" with private ventures if it means charting more asteroids.
Indeed, it was the prospect of mining, and especially of finding gold, in the early part of the last century that opened this area up, at least to the extent that it is opened up.
Nevertheless, some defied the order, drawn by the prospect of mining fortunes.
For foreign mining companies, the prospect of gold mining in Haiti glitters on the horizon.
One of the largest returns of land to traditional owners in Queensland's history has killed off the prospect of uranium mining in a key part of Cape York.
"We are surprised and disappointed by the prospect of uranium mining within a stone's throw of the Grand Canyon.
Be honest: How comfortable are you at the prospect of hearing mine?
Alberto Calderon of BHP points out that the Baltic Dry Index is extremely volatile; in his view, it is not a good indicator of the long-term prospects of the mining industry.
Space law is a new frontier for the lawmakers and lawyers planted on Earth, and although the commercial spaceflight sector has grown enormously in the past decade – including Elon Musk's SpaceX and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic – the prospects of space mining have remained unclear.
