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Meanwhile, Cameco, which has been mining uranium in Saskatchewan since 1988 that supplies 30 nuclear reactors around the world, re-opened two of its mines in late 2022 to increase output.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

After all, he said, "It's been dissolving rocks for hundreds of millions of years -- essentially, the water has been mining the subsurface."

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

Freeport-McMoRan has been mining the Grasberg’s vast gold and copper reserves for decades.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2024

For several years, the artist David Polzin, 40, has been mining the legacy of design under Communism.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2023

So Landis has been mining the gold and we've been drawing it away from him.

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max