1
: the process or business of working mines
2
: the activity or process of searching through large amounts of information for specific data or patterns
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The copper-mining industry has so polluted the town that its air stinks and its mountains are covered in black ash.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Steel and aluminum production, alongside coal mining, are responsible for 93% of the sector’s emissions, according to the International Council on Mining and Metals.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Gold mutual funds are typically invested in shares of gold mining companies.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
In Patagonia’s mountains, Adelaida, the last of a Chilean indigenous people, resists relocation as a mining project threatens her ancestral land.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
Steel and aluminum production, alongside coal mining, are responsible for 93% of the sector’s emissions, according to the International Council on Mining and Metals.
—Natasha Bracken, semafor.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Gold mutual funds are typically invested in shares of gold mining companies.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
In Patagonia’s mountains, Adelaida, the last of a Chilean indigenous people, resists relocation as a mining project threatens her ancestral land.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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