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It’s about his obsession with “Minecraft,” the immensely popular video sandbox game that takes place in a world of 3D cubes representing raw materials such as wood, ores, stone and dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
On a year-over-year basis, the increase was led by gold, silver and platinum-group metal ores, followed by conventional and synthetic crude oil, and cattle and calves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
However, they are also lower grade than many such ores mined elsewhere across the globe, Goodenough notes.
From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026
“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
