51.  A steep decline in the rand against the dollar also helped boost mining companies, which receive most of their revenue from abroad, Heyneke said.

52.  According to coal industry officials, international mining companies that may be interested in acquiring Carbocol include Drummond Ltd., RTZ Corp. Gencor Ltd. and Broken Hill Property Co.

53.  After being released by the Angels Pride returned to Montana, where he had a regular job with a mining company.

54.  Although Congress has failed to change the mining law this year, it did take a step intended to prevent mining companies from escaping future royalties.

55.  Bre-X Minerals Ltd. faces another class-action lawsuit as early as tomorrow, a lawyer representing a group of shareholders of the collapsed mining company said.

56.  British mining company RTZ Corp. posted record first-half profit as demand for metals rose and the price of copper, its chief commodity, soared.

57.  Brokers naturally recommend mining companies over metal because they pay a dividend as well as moving with the gold price.

58.  But before digging can begin, mining companies must show there are abundant deposits below the surface.

59.  But by then, the mining company had also begun to lobby Hodel, urging that the royalties be negotiated by the company and the tribe.

60.  But environmentalists say mining companies have always claimed to have the technology to prevent damage, and have often been proved wrong.