21.   M.I.M. Holdings Ltd., which operates the mines, said the strikers had stopped staff from entering or leaving the plant which was also without fuel supplies.

22.   Officials in Zhongyang County, which operates the mine, refused comment when reached by telephone Friday.

23.   Recent acquisitions include Lac Minerals, which operated mines in Canada, the United States and Chile, and Arequipa Resources, which has promising deposits in Peru.

24.   State-owned Coking Coal Ltd. company operates the mines.

25.   The mine is operated by DMC Neri mining company.

26.   The mine was operated by the Faraz Alborz Co., a Tehran-based firm.

27.   The mine is operated by a subsidiary of David M. Consunji Inc., a construction concern based in Manila.

28.   The mine is operated under the terms of an international agreement.

29.   The Russian state mining company Trust Arktikugol operated the mine in the village of Barentsburg.

30.   The state-owned Coking Coal Ltd. company operates the mines.