The true scale of how these mountains are mined is only visible from the air.
More importantly, dollars are being printed much more quickly than gold is being mined.
The algorithm was picked because it approximates the rate at which commodities like gold are mined.
WiseWindow provides a data set that allows changing attitudes to be mined and analyzed.
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Before the late 19th century, diamonds were mined from rivers and other above-ground deposits.
Most uranium mined from WWII until roughly 1970 was driven by military propulsion, weapons and stockpiles.
Not long ago the petroleum industry poked fun at Canadians who mined for oil.
Gold, which is rare, has been mined and used by humans for thousands of years.
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In the 1990s it mined half the world's stones and controlled the sales of 80%.
Sometimes, newer operations might only get a gram of gold per ton of mined material.
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He said when he arrived he was told the whole area was mined and booby-trapped.
There have been unconfirmed reports that al-Shabab may have mined parts of the town.
America has already mined enough Thorium to power the entire country for 400 years.
"Zoolander, " a 2001 movie about supercool male models, mined jokes from a character's ridiculously small cellphone.
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But there are few laughs to be mined from not being with ailing parents.
It has long mined data to identify problems in its system, although rarely in real time.
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Wisely: the terrorists claimed to have mined the building and were certainly well armed.
Phosphate is mined in several parts of China, and removing impurities like cadmium and uranium is expensive.
In unprecedented fashioned, they collected, mined, analyzed, and actioned information, microtargeting voters in a remarkably individualized fashion.
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Rock-breakers work with geologists and surveyors to make sure that only profitable grades of ore are mined.
All the gold ever mined is still in existence--unlike wheat and oil, which are consumed almost immediately.
If completed, it would transport tar sands mined in Canada to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Most rock being mined has abundant iron sulfide minerals which oxidize when exposed to air and water.
Instead bitcoins are "mined" by people getting their computer to perform a complicated and time-consuming mathematical problem.
Uzbekistan even mined the border with Kirgizstan to prevent militants from escaping, to Mr Akaev's deep annoyance.
Most of the country's diamonds are mined by the rebel movement which sells them to buy weapons.
Emeralds mined in Brazil and South Africa tend to trade at a 50% discount to Colombian stones.
After 20 years of war, Afghanistan is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world.
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But the detailed data that could be mined from home users could intrude on private life, commentators warned.
Afghanistan, where new fighting is now awaited, may still be the most heavily mined area in the world.
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