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[skrap] / skræp /






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Find insight on America’s scrap metal industry, Capstone Copper, Clariant, Perseus Mining and more in the latest Market Talks covering basic materials..

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

If he wanted to encourage more drilling in the North Sea, Burnham could also opt to scrap the Energy Profits Level, also known as the windfall tax.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Saar’s dear friend, artist and jeweler Neil Lane, recalls how she taught him to collage: slowly layering papers with matte medium and, of course, saving every scrap.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Its advanced chromatographic separation process is designed to recover critical minerals from several streams: mixed rare-earth carbonate, recycled magnets, mine tailings, industrial residues, zinc byproducts, electronic scrap and other secondary materials.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

An official collection song had this line: “We collect bones, scrap metal, rags, false teeth, and paper bags.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The new season also begins with promotion and relegation officially scrapped from the division.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Vietnam’s Communist leadership last year scrapped a policy limiting families to two children as its manufacturing boom risks running out of workers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Carney has scrapped a digital-services tax affecting U.S. tech companies, rolled back retaliatory levies and halted streaming regulations opposed by American companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Some 2.2 million aspiring medical students sat for a re-examination under tight security last month after the previous test was scrapped following a question paper leak that triggered widespread outrage.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

A boy who scrapped with his foster brother one minute and laughed with him the next.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

Burnham has also announced a host of new cost-of-living policies since taking office earlier this month, including scrapping of VAT from domestic electricity bills.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Medicare is scrapping a temporary program that helped keep the price of monthly premiums in check for older adults with Part D prescription drug plans.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The retailer said it has been adversely affected by the scrapping in 2025 of a tariff exemption for low-value goods entering the U.S., leading to an increase in fulfillment expenses and weighing on overall revenues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

In turn, Nolan has sacrificed Odysseus himself to serve his own needs, scrapping the character’s prickly personality to Trojan-horse a message about how empires collapse.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

I made some effort to keep up my schooling in the free time I had between scrapping and helping Mother make tinctures and blend oils.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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