minable
Americanadjective
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But remember that easily minable gold has already been extracted, and that all mining companies will find it very difficult to expand simultaneously without bidding up production costs.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
The court said the sale agreement never included a warranty about the amount of minable coal.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2016
With some of the world’s biggest onshore reserves of minable minerals, like iron, gold, nickel, and manganese, Brazil is not yet part of the blue-water gold rush.
From Newsweek ● May 10, 2013
But he adds that the rare earth deposit, near the village of Khan Neshin in Helmand Province, offers the added incentive of minable quantities of uranium, thorium, phosphate and limestone for cement.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2011
Miles' ruminating provided a calming influence during the inter- minable months and years that distanced the cause and effect.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
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