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By the researcher's calculations, that figure is seven to 165 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of copper produced, depending on the sulfide content of the metal ore and local geologic conditions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
The furnaces operate at extreme temperatures, with iron ore and coking coal poured in at the top and liquid iron extracted at the bottom.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Two more ships left for China loaded with Iranian iron ore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
For decades, the stocks of major global miners have essentially been a proxy bet on China’s economy, as its infrastructure and real-estate buildout gobbled up huge volumes of the iron ore that powered miners’ profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Jesper focused on the particles of rubber, trying to draw them away from Inej’s flesh the same way he’d extracted ore from the prison bars.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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The largest rise in exports was in metal ores and nonmetallic minerals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The former provides access to rare earth ores, and the latter can process ores into usable products.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Africa's exports to China are dominated by minerals and raw materials, such as crude oil and metallic ores.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Valor, a new company, launched to extract critical minerals from waste and ores using electrochemical liquid-liquid extraction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
The city of Reichenstein in Silesia had been for almost a thousand years the site of mining for gold and silver ores, and for several hundred years for arsenic ores.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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