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dug up





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Essentially, for every 100 pounds of rock dug up, there are five pounds of rare earth oxides.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

He called Citi and then dug up a number for the real Lufthansa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

PLS dug up a record 232,400 tons of spodumene concentrate in 3Q.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The site had reportedly been dug up a few years ago before work was stalled.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Can you imagine one hundred million yearsI Werner says, “Where I’m from, they dug up trees. Prehistoric ones.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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