Sentences with phrase «now abandoned mining»

Faces of miners that lived in a now abandoned mining town grace the walls of a row of houses marked for demolition.

Not exact matches

For a mine project like Suncor's Fort Hills, with about 25 per cent of construction already completed, the forward - looking decision would imply a return on the balance of capital invested of 12.5 per cent — now, the project returns overall might be lower than that, but when you're considering a decision to abandon a partially built mine, you're not likely to get much of a return on they money you've already invested in it if you don't continue building.

The EPA is now scrambling to mitigate the mess it created when agency workers inadvertently unleashed a pool of wastewater from an abandoned gold mine

Historically known for its fine white marble, which gave rise to the term «Parian'to describe marble or china of similar qualities, the marble mines and quarries have now been abandoned and can be found around the island.

The story of Borderlands takes planet of Pandora, once a hub of industry but now abandoned by the intergalactic megacorporation that strip - mined it.

With that change, the bill now represents a win - win - win — ensuring the continuation of much needed medical payments and compensation for miners while also cleaning up abandoned mine sites by funding projects that simultaneously spur local economic and community development.

With bitcoin whose blockchain has grown so large that takes days to download it and whose transaction fees have grown so large that merchants are beginning to abandon it, a personal nuclear power station would be more appropriate considering the computational power now required to mine them.