mining
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Many have repurposed their power supplies, land and cooling systems to power artificial-intelligence models, simply because hosting AI has become far more profitable than mining for digital currencies.
Metals prices pushed higher on Tuesday as the rally in gold, silver, and copper resumed after a selloff to start the week—buoying shares in mining companies that pull the metals out of the ground.
From Barron's
For years the company built much of its $65 billion operation on giant yellow dump trucks, bulldozers and other mining and construction equipment.
The selloff in copper and precious-metals futures dragged down shares in Arizona mining firms, the world’s largest gold producer and a silver company with assets stretching from Alaska to Quebec.
But the distribution of income from their exploitation is seen as inequitable, benefiting mostly the mining companies and not the local population.
From Barron's
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