• The Huanuni tin mine is a large Bolivian mine situated about 60 km south of Oruro, Bolivia, on the way to the famous Villa Imperial de Potosí, as the...
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    Energy. Due to its high mineral content, Huanuni was the only COMIBOL mine that did not close in 1985, after the tin market crisis and Supreme Decree 21060...
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    richest tin mine at Huanuni. The country's tin reserves in 1988 were estimated at 453,700 tons, of which 250,000 tons were found in medium-sized mines, 143...
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  • the state mining company, Comibol, the other being the Huanuni tin mine near Oruro. "Colquiri mine, Colquiri, Inquisivi Province, La Paz, Bolivia". mindat...
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  • Simón Iturri Patiño (category Tin mining)
    then President Víctor Paz Estenssoro, in the 1960s. Bolivian tin belt Huanuni tin mine Simón Patiño 2011, p. 4 "Subastan en Ginebra joyas de Simón I...
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    miners and state miners. In 2006, state miners and cooperatives clashed at Huanuni leaving 16 dead leading to the firing of Morales' first Mining Minister...
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    after either John Henry Vivian (1785–1855), a Welsh-Cornish politician, mine owner and mineralogist living in Truro, Cornwall, England, or after Jeffrey...
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  • became a leader among tin miners in Huanuni and served as the secretary of organization and secretary of militias of the local mine workers' union. He also...
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    (April 2002) Nikischerite (March/April 2003) A new mineral from the Huanuni tin mine, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia Huminicki. Potassic-carpholite...
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  • Elder Mamani's immaturity and recklessness make him a liability as a Huanuni tin mine, where he's filled his recently deceased father's job. Elder spirals...
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    and striking tin miners in Oruro and Potosí in 1942. The FSTMB was founded on June 11, 1944 at a congress held in Huanuni, Oruro. The Huanuni Congress included...
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    that—willingly or not—continued working the mines after the crash. In 1988, Montes transferred to the Huanuni mine in Oruro, where he began scaling the ranks...
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    absence of Fe3+. It was first described for an occurrence in the Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Oruro Department, Bolivia, and named for Allen V. Heyl (1918–2008)...
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    Catavi and Siglo XX tin mines, both of which were owned by the mining tycoon Simón Iturri Patiño. While working as a machinist in the mines, he was made aware...
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    his life in Huanuni, site of one of the largest tin mines in the country. He spent much of his career as a company worker for the Huanuni Mining Corporation...
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    de Colquiri, Radio Animas, Radio 21 de Diciembre, and Radio Nacional de Huanuni were some of the most important radio stations created, funded and managed...
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    tin magnate Simón Iturri Patiño built a Diesel-generated power plant in Uncía, which provided energy to his nearby residence and the Miraflores mine....
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