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miner

[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /
NOUN
digger
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UBS reckons the giant miner could be looking to complement its organic growth plans in lithium, aluminum and iron ore, as it ramps up recent copper projects such as the Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on June 8, 1951, to homemaker Elsie and coal miner Glyndwr, and was one of seven children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

Alcoa stock fell 8.9% after the aluminum producer agreed to buy Australian miner South32’s aluminum, bauxite, and alumina assets for $4.1 billion.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

The soap character - formerly played by the late June Brown - appears next to a dragon, a miner and rugby player in Pontyates, Carmarthenshire.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

A miner, shoe shiner, or a railroad liner?

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

"I felt the pressure from the engineers: the more horizontally the tunnel advanced, the more unstable it became," recounted Torres, who participated in the rescue of 33 miners in Chile in 2010.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

For decades, the stocks of major global miners have essentially been a proxy bet on China’s economy, as its infrastructure and real-estate buildout gobbled up huge volumes of the iron ore that powered miners’ profits.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

The blockades, led by miners, farmers and indigenous groups, are part of protests which started at the end of April.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Its application specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, were previously a niche product for users with unchanging workloads—video processors or crypto miners.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

The miners whispered about organizing a union, and Fannie encouraged them, but a judge had outlawed the United Mine Workers of America, or UMWA, in the region.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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