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Outside China, plants can refine about 585 tons a year and are producing about 331.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

The new head coach underscored that it can be easy for impulse and emotion to take over, but uplifting one another and letting mistakes refine you rather than define you is integral to success.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

He didn’t want to mix the track carefully to refine his statement.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

"NASA scientists are planning to collect lunar data from the event and refine techniques for tracking objects in space," the US agency said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Indeed, scholars at Jundi Shapur invented new and better ways to refine cane into sugar.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

The creative team then reviews and refines multiple AI-generated versions of a scene before deciding which expressions and line readings best serve the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

The company refines its AI model using input from customers, who say they like knowing that a package arrived while they were in a meeting or that a family member got home safely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

It mines bauxite, the raw material for aluminum, refines it into alumina powder, and operates smelters that turn alumina to finished aluminum.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Elon Musk said Thursday that Tesla’s Optimus robots should be available to the public by the end of next year, after the company refines the technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Ludvig, an engineer, was the better businessman, but Robert, who had a background in chemistry, raised the quality of Branobel’s refined product to a level comparable with that of Standard Oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

If Beijing extends Announcement No. 10 to refined metal, everything downstream reprices at once.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Now we’ve refined the like-mindedness of what we were trying to do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Gruel recalls growing up in what he calls the “microwave generation,” in a house stocked with cereal, pasta, refined carbohydrates and premade salad dressings.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

And so Emily lay back against the pillows for another several minutes, her creature having slunk away, and patiently planned, and revised her plans, and refined an order for them.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Time trials demand sleek aerodynamics: Teams spend hours refining positions in wind tunnels to achieve maximum speed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Global oil profits can in large part be tied to refining, since refinery closures due to attacks and crude oil shortages have exacerbated the fuel scarcity, said Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Brett Gibbs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Investors will want to know how OMV will continue to capture high refining margins as tensions in the Middle East continue, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

ExxonMobil has a bigger global refining footprint than rival Chevron, and much of the windfall from that side of the business was already priced in, said Arun Jayaram, an analyst with J.P.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“Marvellers spend years refining their light,” Dr. Bearden said, tapping the rings to make them go faster, “but first you must learn to pull it out.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton