Diamonds, Worstal argued, are mined when the mining process guarantees a high value, long-term, profitable return on the investment made in the mining operation.
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Founded in 2004 and grown organically to 25, 000 users across almost a hundred organizations, Yuster stressed repeatedly that no personal data is captured or used in the mining process.
As the company moves towards its goal of mining asteroids, Gump likens the process as similar to that of the mining industry here on Earth.
Research at the Fusion Technology Institute at the University of Wisconsin has also suggested that the process of mining helium-3 would produce other minerals to support space settlements.
The desired outcomes of the meeting are to identify the most significant issues involved with mining in or near biosphere reserves and to begin the process of establishing guidelines for mining in biosphere reserves.
Instead users are rewarded in a process called "mining", in which coins are issued to a user when they solve a complicated mathematical problem using their computer.
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Instead they are created in a process called "mining", in which coins are issued to a user when they solve a complicated mathematical problem using their computer.
McEwen Mining is also in the permit process for its Gold Bar project in Nevada, hoping to begin construction in 2014.
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Yes, open pit bitumen mining blights the landscape, the process releases too much carbon dioxide, and tailing ponds occasionally kill ducks.
Radiation is a threat to human health at every stage of the process, from uranium mining to plant operation (even in those new ultra-safe plants) to waste disposal.
China will be more than happy to play WTO rope-a-dope, maintaining its present monopoly position as western mining companies slog through the endless permitting process.
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All bitcoins now in circulation were originally created by this process, which is known as mining.
Illegal mining is a major concern in Ghana's mining areas where operators use sophisticated equipment to process the ore.
Ashland, in the process of refocusing its business on mining, made a deal to sell its interest to a small French operator.
For example, Turkish mining law is investment-friendly, as there is little bureaucratic control, an easy permitting process, and lower fees, and allows broader activities for companies involved in mining gold, copper and boron.
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Welcome to the world of data mining, also known as knowledge discovery, which is a process that evaluates data.
The mining firm stressed the announcement was the start of a consultation process in which it would be speaking to the government and the unions.
And there is a risk that the process might temporarily raise prices of conflict diamonds if big mining houses, finding their huge deep mines uneconomic, were to close them down for that would mean a better price for rebels, scratching around river beds for alluvial diamonds.
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It has put in place a rehabilitation program that aims to reshape the dunes and bring the forest to its pre-mining state by putting the indigenous plants back into the ground after the extraction process.
The more mining takes place, the harder it becomes to mine new Bitcoins and the more power is required for the process.
The World Bank has appealed for future Afghan mining concessions to be better regulated and more transparent, and Britain's new support is aimed at improving that process.
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