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    Default Is "one of Austrilia's larger mines" correct usage?

    Hello, everyone.

    I'd like to know whether the following sentence is grammatical. I have never seen such a usage before.

    The March 2005 mine production rate is an annualised 9.1 million tonnes making it one of Australia's larger mines.
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    Default Re: Is "one of Austrilia's larger mines" correct usage?

    It's fine. To me, it means that it is definitely in the large mine category, but not at the very top.
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