miner
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This will preserve fuel for nurses, shift workers, trades people and miners who rely on driving.
From Barron's
Chemaf’s founder, Shiraz Virji, son of a Zanzibar spice merchant, once hired dozens of Gurkhas, Nepalese soldiers with a reputation for fierceness, to guard one of the company’s mines against incursions by informal miners.
The startup plans to first target rail yards, short lines and captive lines, like the kind used by some miners and agricultural companies to move bulk commodities such as coal, grain and iron ore.
He adds that Greatland’s tungsten resource at O’Callaghans “may be a useful option” but that it is less significant than the potential held within the miner’s gold assets.
Jefferies highlights coal and iron ore miners as most at risk given the large volumes they need to move.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.