1
: the process or business of working mines
2
: the activity or process of searching through large amounts of information for specific data or patterns
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Those moves were then reversed by the Trump administration but later reinstated by the Biden administration, which also released an accompanying U.S. Forest Service study that said hard-rock mining within the Rainy River Watershed could pose an environmental threat to the BWCAW.
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Yet the blue economy, especially industries like seabed and deep sea mining, can worsen the ocean's ability to act as a carbon sink and can worsen overall climate change.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
Its revocation was the beginning of the end for Leadville’s mining prosperity—but not for the city itself.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Exploiting loopholes While the continent is believed to hold vast deposits of oil, gas, copper and other valuable minerals, mining is effectively banned by treaty amendment until 2048.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
Yet the blue economy, especially industries like seabed and deep sea mining, can worsen the ocean's ability to act as a carbon sink and can worsen overall climate change.
—Devika Rao, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
Its revocation was the beginning of the end for Leadville’s mining prosperity—but not for the city itself.
—James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
Exploiting loopholes While the continent is believed to hold vast deposits of oil, gas, copper and other valuable minerals, mining is effectively banned by treaty amendment until 2048.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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