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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Sherrit International on Tuesday announced that the company is pausing nickel and cobalt mining operations in Cuba amid the fuel crunch.
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program’s work started decades ago to clean up sites contaminated by hazardous waste from mining operations, landfills and factories.
—Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 17 Feb. 2026
The Andean nation had an external debt to gross domestic product ratio of 32% in 2024, one of the lowest in Latin America, and the government has welcomed foreign investment in areas like mining and infrastructure.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The Andean nation had a public debt to gross domestic product ratio of 32% in 2024, one of the lowest in Latin America, and the government has welcomed foreign investment in areas such as mining and infrastructure.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program’s work started decades ago to clean up sites contaminated by hazardous waste from mining operations, landfills and factories.
—Chloe Bennett-Steele, StateImpact, 17 Feb. 2026
The Andean nation had an external debt to gross domestic product ratio of 32% in 2024, one of the lowest in Latin America, and the government has welcomed foreign investment in areas like mining and infrastructure.
—ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
The Andean nation had a public debt to gross domestic product ratio of 32% in 2024, one of the lowest in Latin America, and the government has welcomed foreign investment in areas such as mining and infrastructure.
—Franklin Briceño, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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