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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Investing in domestic mining is necessary but insufficient—recycling infrastructure offers a faster, less geopolitically fraught path to supply chain resilience that has historically been overlooked by previous administrations.
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Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Understanding that Mandela’s liberation meant that white-minority rule was coming to an end, the founders trekked into the desert, bought a disused mining town wholesale, and established a colony.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
On Monday Chinese mining giant Zijin Gold agreed to buy a Canadian firm with vast operations on the continent for $4 billion.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Silver's price is influenced by industrial demand, mining supply, economic uncertainty, and interest rates.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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Kristen Edgreen Kaufman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Understanding that Mandela’s liberation meant that white-minority rule was coming to an end, the founders trekked into the desert, bought a disused mining town wholesale, and established a colony.
—Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
On Monday Chinese mining giant Zijin Gold agreed to buy a Canadian firm with vast operations on the continent for $4 billion.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Silver's price is influenced by industrial demand, mining supply, economic uncertainty, and interest rates.
—Sharon Wu, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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