1.   Meanwhile, the Romanian Environment Ministry confirmed reports that the Romanian-Australian company running the mine was closed soon after the cyanide spill.

2.   Separately, Los Pelambres hired Codelco executive Nelson Pizarro to run the mine.

3.   That mine is run by a subsidiary of a Canadian-controlled company, TVX Gold Inc.

4.   The smaller mines are usually run by private entrepreneurs, who sometimes have subcontracted facilities that were originally developed by a local government.

5.   At a time when world gold prices are down, it costs more to run those mines that remain open because supplies and equipment must now be flown in.

6.   But rebels of UNITA, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, are also in the area and also claim to run mines.

7.   Four Russian soldiers were injured Wednesday, one of them critically, when their armored vehicle ran over a mine in Grozny, officials said.

8.   He also accused Iscor of running the mine poorly and failing to hire blacks in management.

9.   Hundreds of strikers in mining helmets carried banners and red carnations as they gathered outside the central Lisbon headquarters of Somincor, the company which runs the mines.

10.   Li said three managers from the company that ran Wanlong mine had been detained for questioning.