1.   Yet the campaign for foreign capital has foundered, except in the mining sector.

2.   It is the largest ever private foreign investment in the Bolivian mining sector.

3.   Strike leaders claimed almost complete paralysis in the ports and mining sectors, but the public sector was also reported as having operated normally.

4.   Maximum tax rates were cut in the mining sector and in certain parts of the petroleum sectors, and an annual inflationary adjustment mechanism was established for corporations.

5.   British businessmen have been active in Chile, particularly in the mining sector, and Chileans have purchased arms, frigates and warplanes from Britain.

6.   Only the mining sector escaped a resoundingly negative review.

7.   The mining sector also showed gains after five months of losses, led by the oil and gas industies.

8.   Perhaps state governments have completely lost interest in the mining sector.

9.   Apparently, government officials then drew on those lessons to negotiate tempting enough offers to get miners to quit and enable a reduction in the bloated mining sector.

10.   Austrade said Thursday it was the largest contingent of companies from the mining sector ever to come together in a single marketing exercise in an international market.