Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or created artificially in a laboratory or factory.

Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or created artificially in a laboratory or factory.

In addition, MSLF has litigated regarding property rights and has been preeminent regarding issues of concerns to westerners, including the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, especially regarding “ wetlands ,” the National Environmental Policy Act ( NEPA ), the National Forest Management Act, the Antiquities Act, the Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act, and the General Mining Law and bars on and restrictions regarding the ability to develop natural resources such as energy and minerals and forest and agricultural products.

Other claimants included the United States, whose American Guano Mining Company claimed it under the Guano Islands Act of 1856 ; Mexico also claimed Clipperton due to activities undertaken there as early as 1848 – 1849.

Mining activities pollute the Lake Yojoa, which is the country's largest source of fresh water, as well as some rivers and streams with heavy metals.

Mining contributed 12. 4 % to GDP in 2007, of which diamond mining activities represented 5 %.

The advisory opinion was issued in response to a formal request made by the International Seabed Authority following two prior applications the Authority's Legal and Technical Commission had received from the Republics of Nauru and Tonga regarding proposed activities ( a plan of work to explore for polymetallic nodules ) to be undertaken in the Area by two State-sponsored contractors ( Nauru Ocean Resources Inc. ( sponsored by the Republic of Nauru ) and Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ( sponsored by the Kingdom of Tonga ).

Mining and its associated activities ( including relative lawlessness ) rapidly boomed in that area.

Mining activities for base and precious metals started in the 7th century B. C.

Mining, along with the development of logging and United States Forest Service activities contribute to the area's interesting history.

Mining activities by their nature cause a disturbance of the environment in and around which the minerals are located.

Mining is one of the key industrial activities.

Bill C-300, also cited as the Corporate Accountability of Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations in Developing Countries Act, has the stated purpose of promoting " environmental best practices and to ensure the protection and promotion of international human rights standards in respect of the mining, oil or gas activities of Canadian corporations in developing countries ".

However, the area has a varied history of fur trading, railway activities, mining exploration ( from as early as 1903 until the Kukatush Mining Corporation 1950s to 60s ), logging operations, etc.

The Sibuyanons Against Mining advocacy group, with the Sibuyan Island Sentinels League for Environment Inc. ( Sibuyan ISLE ), has been fighting for the conservation and protection of the island against mining activities considering its vast impact on the ecology, culture and society of the island.

Mining activities started soon after and many mining houses were established.

* 1980 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. conversion activities were handed over to JCO

The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s.

The Mount Lyell Mining Field, and the various activities of the company in Queenstown and the west coast of Tasmania were celebrated throughout the community.

Mining support activities include companies that perform exploration ( except geophysical surveying ) and other mining services, on a contract or fee basis, with the exception of mine site preparation and construction of oil / gas pipelines.

Sone Mining of smaller hillocks with crushers is one of the main activities for empployment.

Mining activities significantly declined, however, when Germany ceded control of its colonies to the British after their defeat in World War I.

In South Australia, fossicking is defined as " the gathering of minerals as ( a ) a recreation ; and ( b ) without any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial purpose ", and these activities are considered as not being affected by the Mining Act.

Mining subsidence coupled with structural and political changes to the mining industry began the decline in Astley's industrial activities during the mid-20th century ; its cotton mill closed in 1955, and the last coal was brought to the surface in 1970.

* Support Activities for Mining & Oil & Gas Extraction ( primarily oil and gas exploration and drilling )

Hoover worked as chief engineer for the Chinese Bureau of Mines, and as general manager for the Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation.

Hoover was a director of Chinese Engineering and Mining Corporation ( CEMC ) when it became a supplier of coolie labor for South African mines.

* Why the Information Explosion Can Be Bad for Data Mining, and How Data Fusion Provides a Way Out

Founded the De Beers Mining Company and owned the British South Africa Company, which established Rhodesia for itself.

President Gibson ( 1900 – 04 ) granted rights to Union Mining Company to investigate the hinterland for minerals.

Mining companies have used this financial industry oversight to argue for some level of self-policing.

This was followed up by the Global Mining Initiative which was initiated by nine of the largest metals and mining companies, and led to the formation of the International Council on Mining and Metals to " act as a catalyst " for social and environmental performance improvement in the mining and metals industry internationally.

In 1992 the bank began to push for privatization of government-owned mining companies with a new set of codes, beginning with its report The Strategy for African Mining.

These and other movements such as the Philippines 1995 Mining Act led the World Bank to publish a third report ( Assistance for Minerals Sector Development and Reform in Member Countries ) which endorsed mandatory environment impact assessments and attention to the locals.

Mining ventilation is a significant safety concern for many miners.

Cart for carrying ore from a mine on display at the Historic Archive and Museum of Mining in Pachuca, Mexico.

Rube graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1904 with a College of Mining degree and was hired by the city of San Francisco as an engineer for the Water and Sewers Department.

* Michigan Technological University ( originally Michigan Mining School ) opens its doors for the first time in what is now the Houghton County Fire Hall.

The Mining Company also employed around 50 full-time staff for administration, advertising sales and the overall site design work.

The premier professional body in the field is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining ( SIGKDD ).

It exists, however, in many variations on this theme, such as the Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining ( CRISP-DM ) which defines six phases:

There have been some efforts to define standards for the data mining process, for example the 1999 European Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining ( CRISP-DM 1. 0 ) and the 2004 Java Data Mining standard ( JDM 1. 0 ).