1.   Advocates of the ban say the threat posed by existing mines will linger for years even if no additional land mines are installed in the future.

2.   State-owned Corp. Minera de Bolivia, or Comibol, plans to let private industry invest in existing tin mines this year.

3.   The dumping rules, which would likely have greater overall impact, would have little effect on existing mines.

4.   The new money will be used for acquisitions in Asia and improving output at existing mines, the company said.

5.   The provision in this bill exempts all existing mines or expansions of existing mines from toxic dumping regulations.

6.   The supply-demand ratio should improve as increasing numbers of companies close existing mines and delay construction of new projects, Palermo said.

7.   They expect central banks to slow their sales, existing mines to become depleted and, most important, demand to continue zooming upward.

8.   U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan pledged U.N. support for the treaty and for ongoing efforts to remove existing mines.

9.   It also called for funding to clear existing mines.

10.   Laying of mines will be prohibited, and both sides will work to remove existing mines and repair and reopen roads.