I will go down the colliery with you, sir.

Moreover, with oil prices back above 100 per barrel, the Gulf states are enjoying a bonanza.

And my vague rememberings from GCSE science well, steel comes from iron, so I phoned up an iron mine.

We are continuing to experience the sad consequences that arose from the lack of proper balance among the immediate needs of people, the environment and development in the area around the Panguna copper mine, in our province of Bougainville.

Business and financial interests, in particular, are delighted with the outcome, crowing about the bonanza about to be unleashed as Congress liberalizes India s economy further.

The sense among ordinary Burmese that the Chinese were looting the country s resources has led to an anti China backlash, including problems with a copper mine in Monywa and the cancellation last year of the Myitsone hydroelectric dam.