Sentences with phrase «byproduct of the mining operation»

Environmentalists» concerns about selenium, an element released as a byproduct of the mining operation, prompted a U.S. Senate panel to ask contaminant specialists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to evaluate whether Simplot's request would harm wild trout and other species.

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I further urge all of the other quasi-analysts that look to silver as «nothing more than a byproduct» of giant copper, zinc, and lead mining operations might want to consider whether the notional value of the paper «hedges» carried on the books of the bullion banks might not represent the ultimate discounting mechanism.

His mining activity for the new element comes with an environmental cost, as Eggman is piping the byproducts of his operations onto the surrounding islands, thus cracking open fissures, geysering fire and ice, and affecting the weather.