| 1 | When the mining starts, they fear that the mountain will be taken away from them. | |
| 2 | Senegal prohibits anyone under 18 from doing hazardous work. And mining is among the most hazardous of jobs. | |
| 3 | With no experience in mining, Mr. Gao relied on friends, some of whom had opened mines in Kunming and Guizhou Provinces, to make key decisions like where to buy land. | |
| 4 | In the process, countries can help cut pollution linked with mining and manufacturing, and with the disposal of old devices. | |
| 5 | They were necessary, Chinese leaders say, to sustain rare-earth development and deal with environmental damage caused by mining. |