scrap
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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
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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
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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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