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miner

[mahy-ner] / ˈmaɪ nər /
NOUN
digger
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The analysts define their price as a multiple of marginal cost — the cost of the least efficient miner — of the last two cycles, from 2016 to 2019 and 2020 to 2023.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

The miner reported higher earnings over the first half year as average gold price rose 47% and while silver prices were 130% higher.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Bitdeer, which claims to be the largest Bitcoin miner in the world, just announced a 16-year deal to provide compute for Anthropic.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

"The companies know how to work around the dust inspectors," said Gary Hairston, a former miner and the president of the National Black Lung Association.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The trail was blazed in the 1930s by a legendary Alaska miner named Earl Pilgrim; it led to antimony claims he’d staked on Stampede Creek, above the Clearwater Fork of the Toklat River.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Parton could have limited her tracks to farmers, coal miners, swing shifters, assembly line workers and other laborers whom country music constantly lionizes, and no one would have complained.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Oil majors fell on lower crude prices—BP and Shell declined 2.1% and 1.4%, respectively—though precious metals miners gained.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Asked if the shift away from Bitcoin mining might affect the security or stability of the cryptocurrency, Zhao said he hoped more miners will enter the market as conditions improve.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Finning’s services to lithium miners in Bolivia and copper miners in Chile and Argentina give it “a very significant opportunity for profits,” with those materials in such high demand during the AI build-out, Robotti said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

During World War II, many Coalwood miners, including my father, were exempted from service because of the need for coal in the war effort.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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