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ore

[awr, ohr] / ɔr, oʊr /




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Zhang graduated from the prestigious Peking University in Beijing with a Spanish degree in 2010, and a year later travelled to Mexico to work for a Chinese-owned company that mined iron ore.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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 ore mined at Kamoa has a copper content of 2.8 percent, four times the global average.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Regis reinstated its ore reserve at McPhillamys after developing an alternative tailings plan for the proposed development.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Antonina’s father, who worked in an ore extraction factory, aggressively disapproved of her flying.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Africa's exports to China are dominated by minerals and raw materials, such as crude oil and metallic ores.

From BBC Apr. 30, 2026

On a year-over-year basis, the increase was led by gold, silver and platinum-group metal ores, followed by conventional and synthetic crude oil, and cattle and calves.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Valor, a new company, launched to extract critical minerals from waste and ores using electrochemical liquid-liquid extraction.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

However, they are also lower grade than many such ores mined elsewhere across the globe, Goodenough notes.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

“We can be our own barbarians. Madame Szegeczowska.—Oh, I meant to ask you. The Almaden mercury mines have fallen off quite badly in production. Surely the ores are not declining more rapidly than anticipated?”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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