The application of the law on mining activities, explosives and the State mining administration is in the competence of the Chief Mining Authority.

More than 50 per cent of diamond mining activities in the country are still unlicensed.

The large numbers of youths engaged in illegal mining activities, as well as the largely unregulated power of chiefdom authorities to issue mining licences, presented challenges in the Government's efforts to encourage potential investors.

Mountaintop removal mining (MTR), also known as mountaintop mining (MTM), is a form of surface mining that involves the mining of the summit or summit ridge of a mountain.

Despite its remote location and barren nature, the island has seen commercial activities in past centuries, such as coal mining, fishing and whaling.

American Mining Associates

Mining equipment imports

The Government of Uganda claims that 50 per cent of the population of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo depends on mining activities.

Inexplicably, none of the publicly available reports that cover the period from 1997 to 2004 show gold imports into Uganda, or gold mining activities in Uganda.

West Africa Mining Corporation agreement

West Africa Mining Corporation backing

Current patterns of mining activity

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining

The Government continued to implement measures to reassert its control over diamond mining through the issuance of more mining licences.

Industries and activities such as fisheries, shipping, and seabed mining are all regulated separately. No governance framework is in place for emerging high seas industries such as energy production.

The Committee notes that, under the draft Mining Act, indigenous and tribal peoples will be required to accept mining activities on their lands following agreement on compensation with the concession holders, and that if agreement cannot be reached, the matter will be settled by the executive, and not the judiciary.

(g) Ministry of Mining, Geology and Environment

C. Government control over the mining sector

The airport was originally constructed by Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited in the 1950s to support the growing mining operations around Uranium City.

Because after all, we're doing above ground mining.

Consider diamond mining, Namibia s biggest industry and export.

The industrial sector includes manufacturing, mining, and utilities.

The railway is on the old mining track.

West Africa Mining Corporation mineral purchasing contract area

Besides mining (21.8 of GDP) and agriculture (16 of GDP), dominant industries in the composition of GDP are wholesale and retail trade and service, transportation and storage, and real estate activities.

Much also remains to be done to further consolidate State administration throughout the country and fully restore Government control over diamond mining activities, as described in paragraphs 7 to 25 below.

The International Seabed Authority can and is supposed to regulate mining activities in the Area in such a way that any negative effects on the marine environment are minimized or avoided.

The Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) continued to operate as a civil emergency organization and to perform its mandated tasks well, particularly de mining, search and rescue, firefighting, humanitarian activities and emergency interventions.

In mining towns, child labor incidence was 14 percent.

Other significant industries are mining, oil production and manufacturing.

Mining mercury or burning coal results in releasing mercury.

Vice Ministry of Hydrocarbons (Ministry of Mining and Hydrocarbons)

A project on a policy dialogue on mining in the United Republic of Tanzania aims to integrate consideration of the mining sector into poverty reduction programmes and to make policies vis à vis the mining sector more responsive to poverty reduction concerns.

Mining is continuing to rise as a major industry of Mongolia as evidenced by number of Chinese, Russian and Canadian firms starting mining business in Mongolia.

Although mining monitors have been deployed in the major diamond mining areas nationwide, their work is limited by a lack of transport and other logistical constraints.

According to surveys of mining sites conducted by UNAMSIL, more than 50 per cent of diamond mining still remains unlicensed and reportedly considerable illegal diamond smuggling continues.

The Panel believes that unchecked mining activity is likely to pose an increasing threat to security and stability in mining areas in the short to medium term.

Map of Zambia showing the copper mining area in Zambia.

Tourism and mining are the leading earners of foreign exchange.

The establishment of a national cadastral system has facilitated the settlement of disputes over mining rights and the boundaries of territorial administrative units, as well as mining sites.

Act No. 51 1988 Coll. on Mining, Explosives and the State Mining Administration as amended, in conjunction with Decree No. 71 1988 Coll. on Explosives as amended. Act No.

Mining induced earthquakes are a frequent occurrence in the Ruhr area.

Even oil and mining companies have reported a less hostile environment.