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We completed 2005 with the fewest fatalities in the history of mining in West Virginia. We've had these horrible tragedies to start the new year. But we're no busier now than we were six months or a year ago.

This report backs the Reserve Bank remaining on hold ahead. Weakness in retail and transport is being mitigated by a pickup in mining and construction.

This report is particularly timely now in light of the recent news of Asarco, once the nation's largest mining company, going bankrupt, leaving U.S. taxpayers with more than $1 billion in unfunded environmental liabilities,

There has been no place for families in investigations of mining accidents, and that day is over.

We will continue to explore ways to reduce both mining and processing costs through increased efficiencies. We are extremely excited by the results we are seeing to date.

We're still in a period of rising commodities prices. Even if they started to soften, the big mining companies have still locked-in long-term contracts which translate into a degree of earnings certainty.

This theme is continuing and not just in the mining stocks, but in any related sectors. This is a macroeconomic trend.

We respect the position of the CBCP in regard to the mining issue although we believe that the revitalization of the mining industry presents as a major viable alternative in the effective abatement of poverty in Mindanao.

When we had been a week or two in the city of Mexico, we decided upon making an excursion to the great silver mining district of the Real del Monte.

We're getting a critical mass of small companies in the area that focus on data mining, ... We have larger firms--SPSS, ACNielsen, IRI--that have been in data mining for decades.

We've always been a mining town. Now we're going to boom again.

Expect URZ stock to perform well as mining begins at Nichols Ranch.

This will show the labor market remains in good shape, despite several months of disappointing figures. The surge in mining exports from the favorable global environment is flowing through the economy.

Commodity companies have in the past been price takers rather than price makers, and that won't change dramatically, but if you have greater control of your supply, that makes it more favorable to the mining companies.

Commodity prices have come off (recently) and there is a perception (in the market) that mining companies have run a bit far and a bit fast.

I've been at Rio Tinto for 36 years and it's not a bad time to be in the mining industry.

You are seeing ads in the newspapers for (mine) orientation classes. They used to teach mining in the high schools 20 years ago, but they stopped. Well, they're teaching mining again now.

We're the most heavily environmentally regulated mining industry in the world today.

The son of a Fife mining town sledder of coal-bings, bottle-forager, and picture-house troglodyte, I was decidedly urban and knew little about native fauna, other than the handful of birds I saw on trips to the beach or Sunday walks.

The story for Canada just gets better. Canadian energy and mining stocks will continue to be driven by strong global demand for commodities.

The story is one of continuing boom conditions in mining and very strong nonresidential construction activity. The Reserve Bank is still very much on hold, watching both the inflation outlook and domestic demand.

The story of mountaintop mining - why it happens, and what its consequences are - is still new to most Americans. They have no idea that their country's physical legacy - the purple mountain majesties that are America - is being destroyed at the rate of several ridgetops a week, by three million pounds of explosives every day.

The state has demanded maps from mining companies from the beginning, so there is a good map library. But, those maps were mainly a way for the state to collect royalties. That means that some shafts were not mapped.

We have maintained for some time that Spinifex Ridge is rapidly emerging as a mineral project with solid prospects for a mining operation. With the continuing high world molybdenum prices there is a need for an early completion of feasibility work. WorleyParsons' industry experience, delivery of projects of similar scale, innovation and capacity to move through to a bankable study within tight timeframes, were key criteria in securing this contract.

And you cannot let the mine just pull the plug one day and have quite a large community sitting there that over the years has been attracted to the mining operation.

What (Anglo gets) is a much more direct stake in a wide range of commodities. Anglo American is clearly a very widely diversified metals and mining group and diamonds would perhaps account for about 15 percent of that rather than the give or take 50 percent that they are within De Beers.

Vladimir Putin was awarded an advanced degree by the St. Petersburg Mining Institute with the help of a dissertation that, as two Brookings researchers discovered, included sixteen stolen pages - and, remarkably, not a single set of quotation marks.

To me, if you're under-capitalized and don't have the financial means to operate a safe mine, you shouldn't be in the mining business.

There definitely are signs that consumer demand has been picking up again worldwide while mining and smelting disruptions are boosting a supply shortfall.

We are very excited about the coming together of two great gold mining companies. We can now move forward and deliver - together - from our assets, people and projects.

Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.

OSM has failed to address our central allegation that, cumulatively, the mining in the New River watershed will adversely affect the Big South Fork.

When mining is down, we've seen the cycles that forestry has a tendency to be stable. It's rare that both are down. So we try to hedge our bets to be two companies in one by servicing those two diverse markets.

Coal mining is probably one of the best jobs you can get around here.

They've done a great job of mining their hometown talent. It's been the reason they've developed the consistency at the top that they have.

There's still some legs left in the mining shares, but we'd love to hunt for more of the farming-type commodity stocks. There's a general commodities boom on, and the 'soft' commodities is where the next big leg up is likely to come from.

Every time the Tories get a bit of power, they rip off all the things I love... The mining industry. Milk.

There's new money coming in, as opposed to a shift to physical silver from ownership of stock, and I think both the mining stocks and the actual underlying silver are going to benefit.

The Philippine air force is putting together aircraft that should be loaded with people from the mining community as well as soldiers as well as other volunteer groups. Hopefully, a dog team will be able to get ahead of them there.

We believe it's from the mine tailings from the mining operations, because we haven't seen that level of arsenic in paint-sludge samples.

This combination will create a mining and metals powerhouse, with outstanding growth prospects and a truly unique opportunity to create significant value for shareholders.

This is a time for all of us who share responsibility for mining safety to come together and look for ways to make mining safer. We have made dramatic improvements over the last 15 years, but there's more to be done.

This is not a rookie crew underground. So we're just trusting that their training and their mining instincts have kicked in immediately.

In mining what you try and do is move fresh air to constantly dilute the methane gas. Methane is a potential fuel for an explosion in a mine. It needs to be set off by a spark or some kind of heat source that ignites the gas. Also, in coal mines you have coal dust created by grinding of the coal. There are other things. That coal dust is also potentially explosive.

In denying protection for the Yellowstone cutthroat trout, the Bush administration is once again ignoring science for the benefit of their campaign contributors in the livestock grazing, mining and timber industries.

Indications are that both manufacturing and mining real growth remain under pressure in the first quarter.

I never saw a woman to come into one of our mining camps in California but her mere presence effected a change in the conduct of all the men there.

If rural exports lift as expected in coming quarters and support expanded export capacity in the mining sector, the much fabled improvement in Australia's trade accounts will be a step closer.

If there ever is a national coal mining museum I will push that this site should be preserved as either a memorial site or an extension or a part of such a site.

In the spirit of the Christmas season I'm delivering a gift to the mining industry,

If you've got a speculative mining stock and it hasn't made any money yet, you need to worry. If there is a price drop in gold, the companies that have proven that they can make money will hold up better, and the ones that haven't made a profit will have a problem.

The bishops' statement on mining is absurd. It sends all the wrong signals to investors. Those who were sitting on the fence will not be rushing in now.

This is consistent with our strategy of delineating ore resources for mining and accordingly bodes well for our plans for production of uranium at Dominion in 2007.

Conditions in our end markets continue to point to an extended, strong global mining cycle. We face the challenge of increasing capacity to meet demand, while managing a tight supply chain.

The capacity expansion project for P&H Mining which was approved by our board in May will not be completed until the end of fiscal 2006. The only other new capacity that will be coming on line in the next 12 months is the shuttle car and motor centers of excellence for Joy Mining in Lebanon, Kentucky, though, for the most part, Joy Mining is constrained by supply chain limits rather than internal capacity. Therefore, it is imperative that our critical suppliers support us as we strive for increased revenues. Assuming that progress can be made in this area, we now believe that total revenues in the coming 12 months will be in the range of $2.15 to $2.35 billion.

The cost of producing more from mines and processing plants needs to be weighed in terms of costs when boosting production, but no mining company in its right mind would be holding back if it didn't have to.

The mine workers look at the pre-shift examination as one of the most important activities that the mine operator has got to perform. We look at that as an absolutely crucial first step of any mining operation.

The mining companies have been very frugal with their capital in this boom unlike the past.

The mining companies in Zimbabwe are not large enough to expand production facilities or finance green-field projects from their cash-flows.

The mining industry is big where you are, but it's very small when it comes to buying power. It's difficult to compete with manufacturers when those markets are huge.

The mining itself doesn't create that much dust. It's the trucks driving on dirt roads.

The mining sector has been weighing on the index though it's about time they had a bit of profit taking.

It will cost miners more to do business, but we don't mind doing so because this will help local communities and local economies. We have no objections to paying a fair price for land and turning over our roads, buildings, and infrastructure to make lasting improvements to local communities after mining operations have ceased.

In the mining sector, we do see consolidation going ahead. Some of the zinc producers, given the supply and dynamics may look attractive.

I remember many times at the end of the day when the miners were all out, my dad would take me into the mine in one of the mining cars. He would take me way back in the mine and check to make sure everything was all right to let the miners go back in the next day.

By the time our presses stopped running our coverage of the mining disaster relied on attributed sources.

The voters of Colorado approved limited-stakes gambling in part because they wanted to preserve the historic legacy of the mining towns,

These visionary companies have recognized the dramatic positive impact e-commerce can have on the metal and mining industries.

They've undergone quite a high cost escalation but that's a general mining issue.

It's challenging teaching that audience to use those kinds of tools. It may not be a natural thing, but it could work if they do a good job data mining and finding people with like passions.

It was like a ghost town when we played at home. Everything closed -- barber shops, restaurants, everything would literally close down for the game. Coal mining was what everyone did. People would actually call off their shifts to come and watch us play.

Any company that goes through an integration, buying a new business, there are always risks. So as soon as we see that bedded down, a lot more comfortable we'll be. We still think that mining services, companies related to resources, will do really well next year.

The Bush administration ushered in this desire to develop cooperative ties between regulators and the mining industry. Safety has certainly suffered as a result.

The buildings are basically intact for all practical purpose. The site needs some work, but this is the identifying site of the state's worst coal mining disaster and that needs to be preserved.

The forecast year-on-year rise in mine supply during the first six months of this year is noteworthy because it marks the start of a significant phase of growth for the mining industry.

The foreigners were caught on Yugoslav territory without the proper identification and had mining equipment with them, which was, from the army's point of view, enough to make a legal arrest,

The establishment of this joint venture breaks new ground for the mining industry.

The findings in this report should push DNR to better calculate reclamation bonds to protect Alaska's taxpayers and mining communities,

The company owes answers to the mining families, the company owes answers to me, the company owes answers to Pennsylvania,

The company town and ethnic history with so many ethnic groups that lived at Sunrise were really a big influence on Hartville and Guernsey. We had to research the history of the mine and mining town and then do a very intensive survey of the site itself.

The companies are profiting from these higher prices. This is becoming a familiar picture among energy and mining stocks and we expect it to continue.

The jury is therefore still out as to whether this was just another mini correction or whether more selling will follow. The wider markets are showing some strength, equities are heading higher, mining stocks are showing some strength.

The household sector has really gone into its shell. We do expect to see new capacity come on stream in the mining sector, and that should support exports.

You'd be hard-pressed to find any mining operation in the world that has a better safety record.

And it does see that in this century, and it may take the whole of this century, it wants to end up having options to exploit if there is a commercial purpose to mining lunar materials for instance.

These are expected results. Metal mining always reports trace amounts of metals we move and store.

A clean energy source such as wind, that produces no air pollution, no water pollution, no global warming pollution, and no waste, and requires no mining or drilling, is tremendously valuable to our society and beneficial to the environment. Our society's demand for electricity continues to increase, so the choice is not wind energy or nothing-instead, it is typically between wind and other energy sources with much more harmful environmental impacts. Wind energy is an important part of a balanced energy policy.

For me, like any person who wants to be a filmmaker, the opportunity to work hand-in-hand with Steven Spielberg is a dream come true. With the help of our partners at Fox...we're going to make an incredible show about looking for the next great filmmaker by mining the growing segment of the public making their own content and giving them the chance.

It's no secret that, historically, the mining industry has been inherently more dangerous than most other occupations. I don't see where this one incident would have more of a detrimental impact (on recruitment) than any other incident in the past.

It's not realistic or honest to claim that mining companies will suddenly turn into real estate speculators ... and apply for a patent (privatizing the land) only to sell the land for a hotel or other business development.

Everyone knows that coal mining is very dangerous, but you go into it every day thinking it's going to be all right.

That's the end of a correction, and people are flying back to the energy and mining sectors.

It's fair game to make your emotional statement - that you don't like a particular form of mining - but at least we need to work to keep (the) facts in line with (the) story.

You have to know coal mining and the dangers involved. There are guidelines, you have to be in good health and you have to be brave. You can't take chances, but you have to be brave.

Through the mining of public records and the purchase of credit reporting data, private-sector companies are amassing troves of personal information on citizens for the government. Serious questions exist involving citizen access to profiles, their accuracy and the potential for misuse of personal information.

We saw some selling early in the day particularly on some of the big mining stocks but most traders were willing to sit on their positions and look for further upside.

It's going to hurt the mining and energy companies that benefited the most from demand there. Investors are going to question whether these stocks are worth paying a premium for.

The relative size of the mining sector is dwarfed by the contribution of the finance, real estate and business service sector's 19,5%.

There were big falls on Friday and mining has been an area of interest. The guys are taking this opportunity to buy at slightly cheaper levels.

I am asking miners and management at every mine operation to do the right thing: Take one hour out for safety's sake. This Monday, we urge that extra time be taken, at the beginning of each shift and before the start of any mining activity, to go over the hazards involved with mining and the vital safeguards that need to be taken.