digging up
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Chinese-backed Yancoal has eight coal mines across Australia and told investors it set a production record digging up 19.8 million tonnes of saleable coal in the first half of 2026, a four percent lift.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Ashby said the USA was "digging up and cleaning up these sites" and seeing PCB levels in the environment falling as a result.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Lindsey and Lynette Melvin told the news station they first thought they were digging up bones of a bighorn sheep until they came across the jawbone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
BHP has significantly divested from thermal coal in recent years, but still has a stake in Australian mines digging up the fossil fuel for steelmaking.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
When he wasn’t digging up old hones, Archie Brubaker was teaching at universities in the East.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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