C. Government control over the mining sector

The industrial sector includes manufacturing, mining, and utilities.

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.

However, bauxite and copper continued to contribute to the mining sector in the early 1970s.

The Government has made considerable progress in increasing its control over the diamond mining sector.

Malay participation in the mining sector was minimal, and as much as 70 of the industry remained under foreign control.

Revenues from diamond exports have continued to increase as the Government has increased its control over the diamond mining sector.

Although the service sector has recently overtaken mining and agriculture as the leading employer of Dominicans (due principally to growth in tourism and Free Trade Zones), agriculture remains the most important sector in terms of domestic consumption and is in second place, behind mining, in terms of export earnings.

To take an extreme example, labor productivity in Malawi s mining sector matches that of the United States economy as a whole.

Because of a boom in the mining sector, Mongolia had high growth rates in 2007 and 2008 (9.9 and 8.9 , respectively).

Assisting the artisanal and small scale gold mining sector to minimize the discharge of highly poisonous mercury used in gold extraction

The Committee is also alarmed by the high incidence of serious occupational accidents in the State party, particularly in the mining sector.

At the time of its independence in 1960, DRC was the second most industrialized country in Africa after South Africa it boasted a thriving mining sector and its agriculture sector was relatively productive.

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.

State authority has been restored throughout Sierra Leone and significant strides have been made towards re establishing the Government's control over the country's diamond mining sector.

Commendable progress has been made in the diamond mining sector, particularly in the area of licensing and the substantial increase in the official exports of diamonds.

However, within the mining sector, word appears to have spread that the Government lacks the capacity, and UNMIL lacks the mandate, to enforce such a policy.

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

American Mining Associates

Mining equipment imports

Last year s wave of wildcat strikes in the mining sector which precipitated the infamous Marikana massacre ended up shaving 0.5 off the country s GDP growth in 2012.

The Government should be encouraged to continue to build on initiatives aimed at generating additional revenue, including development projects for local communities, from the vital diamond mining sector.

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.

(g) Ministry of Mining, Geology and Environment

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 railway is on the old mining track.

West Africa Mining Corporation mineral purchasing contract area

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)

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.

And, because space exploration requires communications and control over vast distances, some of the applications could also enhance South Africa s lucrative mining sector after all, controlling machines under the ground is similar to doing so in deep space.

Map of Zambia showing the copper mining area in Zambia.