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The boost from oil and gas was tempered somewhat by the mining industry, as declines in coal and non-metallic minerals countered higher metal ore mining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tighter enforcement could redirect ore produced within the tin-metal producer’s concessions away from illegal collectors and competing smelters and back into the company’s formal supply chain, the analyst says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
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
It's a far cry from basin depths in Silesia -- a historic coal mining region in southern Poland where he still extracts the ore.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Go. Do not be late for work or I will keep you polishing bottles and grinding ore for another term.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Metal ores dug up during mining often contain sulfide minerals.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 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
However, they are also lower grade than many such ores mined elsewhere across the globe, Goodenough notes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
Gunnison started selling cathodes made using conventional heap-leaching methods of Johnson Camp’s oxide ores in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
“We can be our own barbarians. Madame Szegeczowska.—Oh, I meant to ask you. The Almaden mercury mines have fallen off quite badly in production. Surely the ores are not declining more rapidly than anticipated?”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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