Sentence examples for raising royalties from inspiring English sources

Morales has focused on raising royalties on fields with known reserves, fields where companies essentially are guaranteed a return on investment.

Angered by raising royalty rates despite flat sales, franchise owners are pressing Diageo to sell the chain immediately and have rejected the idea of waiting until 2003.

It has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to musicians in need, and it has pushed recording companies to make up for past abuses by raising royalty rates on old, exploitative contracts.

Another option: raising royalty rates If he can't find new lands or waters to open to oil and gas production, the only other other alternative is to propose an increase in royalties and fees on existing oil and gas producing lands.

(That year Chávez raised royalties to 16percentt by decree).

The government also wants to raise royalties paid by foreign miners.

Better yet, raise royalties, which are more straightforward and easier to collect.

Mr. Lougheed raised royalties and channeled their revenues into the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund, which today holds about $16 billion.

Earlier this year, the nation decided to raise royalties on cobalt and other metals.

A law approved last year under public pressure raised royalties, almost doubling the government's take from gas.

He sent soldiers to occupy gas installations, raised royalties on foreign energy companies and bolstered nationalistic institutions like the navy, which patrols rivers and lakes, and pines for sea access in this landlocked country.