The nodules are known to contain up to 28% metal - 10 times the proportion found on land.
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On land, barely travelled roads link quiet settlements of thatched and whitewashed houses, moorland valleys and rocky mountains.
She specializes in property law and calls the initiatives a sneak attack on land use planning.
The building will be built on land donated to the project on a peppercorn lease.
To reach the place on land, you had to enter through a one-way tunnel.
Many researchers think that this sink is on land, but its location is fiercely debated.
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"Everything has been built on land which doesn't even belong to the town hall, " he said.
In 2010 he built Rana Plaza on land that had once been a swamp.
Meanwhile, 216 mining claims were lodged on land already staked out by solar developers.
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Meanwhile, security preparations were under way in the air, on land and in the water.
Furthermore, pavement on land creates "expressways" for oil and other pollutants to run into the ocean.
Besides, wretched as it is, Somalia can cause a lot of trouble on land and at sea.
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With 500 lush acres, the resort offers plenty of activities both on land and water.
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The police station will be built on land to the side of Green Street car park.
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The barge can carry 250, 000 gallons before having to head for the company's plant on land.
In the past, location decision-makers put more emphasis on land, buildings and transportation networks.
They weigh about 8, 000 pounds on land, or twice as much as a small car.
Mercantilist thinking is based on the idea that economic wealth is finite and based on land.
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They are believed to be on land seized from a supporter of the Jacobite cause.
By the 1990s there was pressure on land, cocoa prices had fallen and political tensions rose.
However, the majority of the plans were on land that had already been developed.
In a sane universe, people would economize on land by building more and more densely.
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Some firms are also thought to be considering a challenge to Quebec's regulations on land use.
It would be built on land close to the University of the West of England.
Her doctor gave her antibiotics to give her daughter as soon as she gets on land.
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After three rounds of talks, Jesus Santrich said common ground on land reform had been found.
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Icebergs originate from ice sheets, which form on land from millions of years of snowfall.
In addition, we continue to seek early Senate action on the pending Protocol on land mines.
It has approved expanded drilling, both on water and on land, federal and public.
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