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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This technology is being developed in partnership with Elysia, formerly part of Williams Advanced Engineering, which has been working on 2MW charging for use with giant 264-ton mining trucks.
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James Morris, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
After seeing slight increases two months ago, mining and logging employment dropped by 3,000, while wholesale trade slumped even more, losing 3,500 positions.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the space mining company AstroForge is flying its Odin spacecraft, which will separate from Athena and seek to make the first-ever flyby of an asteroid by a commercial spacecraft.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Duncan Money is a historian and consultant who works on mining, with a focus on copper.
—Duncan Money / Made By History, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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James Morris, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
After seeing slight increases two months ago, mining and logging employment dropped by 3,000, while wholesale trade slumped even more, losing 3,500 positions.
—Sean Conlon, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
Additionally, the space mining company AstroForge is flying its Odin spacecraft, which will separate from Athena and seek to make the first-ever flyby of an asteroid by a commercial spacecraft.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2025
Duncan Money is a historian and consultant who works on mining, with a focus on copper.
—Duncan Money / Made By History, TIME, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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