Editing BXR Mining Corporation

{{Status|Canon}}
{{Infobox/Company
|name=BXR Mining Corporation
|image=[[File:HR BXR Logo2.png|200px]]<br/>Logo
[[File:HINF BXRMiners2.png|300px]]<br/>A group of BXR miners during the [[Human-Covenant War]].
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|leader=
|associations=
|parent=
|subsidiaries=
|headquarters=
|locations=*[[Bliss]]
*[[Reach]]
*[[BXR-730]]
*[[Meridian]]
|role=Mining{{Ref/Reuse|defiant}}
|products=
|founding=
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|affiliation=*[[United Nations Space Command]]
*[[Office of Naval Intelligence]]
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'''BXR Mining Corporation''' is a [[human]] corporation that hosts mining operations on several [[human colonies]].{{Ref/Marketing|Id=defiant|Halo Waypoint|Defiant to the End}}{{Ref/Site|Id=htt|URL=http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/post/121300936273/benjamingiraudentry0384|Site=Tumblr|Page=BENJAMIN_GIRAUD_ENTRY_0384|D=25|M=06|Y=2016|LocalArchive=Episode 11: Down To The Bone#BENJAMIN_GIRAUD_ENTRY_0384}}

==Overview==
===Facilities===
The company had facilities in the following cities and locations:
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!scope="col"|Planet
!scope="col"|Location
!scope="col"|Facility Name/Facility Role
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|rowspan="2"|[[Reach]]
|[[Szurdok Ridge]]
|[[Szurdok Ridge BXR facility]]{{Ref/Reuse|tip}}
|-
|[[Viery Territory]]
|[[Unidentified BXR titanium mine|Unidentified titanium mine]]{{Ref/Site|URL=http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=30646|SiteName=Bungie.net|PageName=Defiant Map Pack|D=01|M=01|Y=2022}}
|-
|[[Meridian]]{{Ref/Level|H5G|Glassed}}
|
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|-
|[[BXR-730]]{{Ref/Site|Id=apology|URL=http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/image/130137892268|SiteName=Tumblr|PageName=Hunt the Truth (image)|D=01|M=01|Y=2022}}
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|[[Bliss]]
|[[Manikata]] (Site #1744){{Ref/Reuse|htt}}
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|}

==History==
[[File:HINF BXRMiners.png|thumb|250px|BXR miners during a cave-in caused by Covenant bombardment.]]
===Human-Covenant War===
Circa [[2552#March|March 9, 2552]], the [[Covenant]] attacked a BXR Mining Corporation facility on a [[Human colonies|human colony]]. A group of miners volunteered to extract a haul of exotic ore that would be used in the creation of the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]]s [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor]]. While they successfully retrieved and delivered the ore, the Covenant bombardment caused a cave-in that blocked their escape. Trapped, one of the miners began singing. The other miners joined in before the cave ultimately collapsed on top of them.{{Ref/Marketing|Id=Lightbringers|HINF|UNSC Archives|Lightbringers}}

BXR had several facilities on the [[Inner Colonies|colony world]] of [[Reach]], with at least [[Unidentified BXR titanium mine|one]] dedicated to the mining of [[titanium]] ore.{{Ref/Map|Id=Unearth|HR|Unearthed}} During the Covenant's [[Fall of Reach|invasion of Reach]] in [[2552#August|August 2552]], [[Szurdok Ridge BXR facility|one of the corporation's mining facilities]] on the [[Szurdok Ridge]] at [[Ütközet]] was made into a stronghold by Covenant forces.{{Ref/Level|Id=tip|HR|Tip of the Spear}}

===Postwar===
By [[2556]], BXR had entered into a partnership with [[Imbrium Machine Complex]] to mine asteroid-based resources in the [[Marcey system]].{{Ref/Novel|Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son}} BXR was under "active investigation" by [[ONI]] after the [[Terrorist attack on Sedra City|Sedra terrorist attack]] in the same year.{{Ref/Film|Id=Halo: Nightfall|Film=Halo: Nightfall|Story=Halo: Nightfall Second Stories|StoryLinkText=Second Stories|Episode=Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|EpisodeLinkText=ONI: Walk the Path}}

After the [[Human-Covenant War]], BXR was actively involved in mining [[lechatelierite|silicate glass]] from former colonies destroyed by the Covenant, including Site #1774 on [[Bliss]], which was visited by [[Benjamin Giraud]].{{Ref/Reuse|htt}}

==Equipment==
BXR employs numerous pieces of equipment to fulfill their services.
*[[EM-120 auger]]

==Trivia==
*The abbreviation is a reference to the [[Button combo]] "[[BXR]]" which could be used to ensure an instant kill in ''Halo 2''.
*Some [[civilian]]s in [[New Alexandria (location)|New Alexandria]] wear shirts that bear the BXR logo.
*One variation of the BXR logo is that of three colored squares, a blue square on the left, a yellow square on top, and a red square to the right, representing the X, Y, and B buttons, respectively, on a standard Xbox 360 control pad, another obvious reference to the button combination.
*The shape of the logo seems to be a reference to the chemical safety sign ([[wikipedia:NFPA 704|NFPA 704]]) that is seen on containers of hazardous materials, as it is a group of four side-ways squares inside another, larger square, the exception being that the BXR logo only has three small squares in a larger one.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Bxr.png|A variant of the BXR logo.
File:HR BXR Logo.png|Another variant of the BXR logo.
File:BXR_Mining.jpg|Another variant of the BXR logo.
File:BXR_facility.jpg|A BXR mining facility at Szurdok Ridge, Reach.
File:HR Unearthed.png|One of BXR's titanium mines on Reach.
File:HtT - BXR 1774.jpg|Site #1774, a silicate mine on [[Bliss]].
File:Halo_5_BXR.png|The BXR logo on Meridian in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' on the level [[Glassed]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: Nightfall]]''
**''[[Halo: Nightfall: ONI: Walk the Path|ONI: Walk the Path]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''
*''[[Become]]''
**''[[Lightbringers]]''
*''[[Halo: Saturn Devouring His Son]]''
*''[[Halo: From the Soil to the Stars]]''

==Sources==
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[[Category:Human businesses]]