active mine

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A mine actuated by the reflection from a target of a signal emitted by the mine.

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enabling mine countermeasures passive mine			With an emphasis on sustainability, contributors describe hazardous waste generation and management in Europe, the need for underground disposal and the supply of underground mines, criteria for selecting repository mines, engineered barriers, stability analysis of mines, risk assessments using numerical modeling of flow and transport in fractured rock, and a series of case studies and reports on active mines and mineral production as well as inactive mines from EU member states. Disposal of Hazardous Waste in Underground Mines by SciTech Book News 4 foot section 1,600 feet south of the active mine working at Macasssa No. 'Outstanding' gold find in Kirkland Lake by Northern Ontario Business Mining and Critical Ecosystems: Mapping the Risks reports that three-fourths of the world's active mines and exploratory areas are located in vulnerable watersheds and biologically-rich ecosystems. WRI Report Warns of Increased Risks From Mining in Vulnerable ... by Business Wire			activator active active agent active air defense active application active birth Active capital active centre active citizen active communications satellite active defense active duty active duty for special work active duty for training active galactic nucleus active galaxy Active Guard and Reserve active homing guidance Active hyperaemia active immunity active list active margin active material active matrix active matrix screen active mine active optics active partner active placebo active public affairs policy active public information policy active safety active sealift forces active service active site active status active transport active trust Active valeric acid Active verb active vocabulary active voice Active wealth active-matrix actively Activeness activewear activin activism activist activistic			Active Media Player Screen Saver Active Media Technology Active Meditation active medium active medium active medium active medium Active Member Active Member Address Active Members Active Membership Active Memory Data Unit Active Memory Processor Unit Active Memory Translation Lookaside Buffer Active Mesospheric Particle Tracer Explorer Active Message Waiting Indicator Active Messages over Message Passing Interface Active Messages over Unreliable Datagram Protocol Active Metabolic Rate active metabolite Active Metal Bonding Active Metal Brazing Active Metallic Photonic Crystal active methyl Active Microwave Instrument Active Middleware Services Active Middleware Technology active mine Active Minimum Control Speed Active mirror Active Mitsuokella Jalaludinii Culture Active Mode Active Money Active Money Personal Pension Active monitor Active monitor Active Monitor Present Active Monitoring Active Monte Carlo Recognition Active Month Active Months active motion Active Motion Physiotherapy Active Mouse Protection Test active movement active movement active movement active movement Active Movie Active Name Table Active Network Active Network Abstraction Active Network Architecture Active Network Backbone Active Network Diagram Active Network Encapsulation Protocol

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