mineral
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These include keeping soil permanently covered, applying compost, using more diverse crop rotations and reducing the use of mineral fertilizers and pesticides.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Over the last five years, Doumbouya has been focused on trying to turn Guinea, which is rich in mineral resources, from a supplier of raw materials to more of an industrial processing hub.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In the 1970s, Southern Utes began pushing to reclaim control of the mineral resources under their land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
In addition, the team found that each of the three moons has the same hydrated mineral that the team has not been able to identify.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Of course man was an animal—he was not a vegetable or a mineral, was he?
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Gradations in minerals, current and temperature along the Damariscotta mean each farm’s oysters taste a little different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ford, meanwhile, has threatened to stop exporting critical minerals to the U.S. or to raise the price of the electricity that Michigan, Minnesota, and New York import from Ontario.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Washington is likely to be wary of potential retaliation from Beijing, which processes the majority of the world's rare earths and other critical minerals, crucial in the manufacture of many high-tech products.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The minerals are used to manufacture powerful magnets used in electric vehicles and wind turbines, but also in drones and fighter jets.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The doors were open, and inside she found stuffed animals and fossil skeletons and cases of minerals, just like the Royal Geological Museum she’d visited with Mrs. Coulter in her London.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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