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Technology Opens Promise, Perils of Ocean Mining
May 2009 by Associated Press
There’s gold in that thar sea floor. Silver, copper, zinc and lead, too. The problem is, it’s a mile or two underwater and encased in massive mineral deposits that layer a dark, mysterious world.Additional articles that might interest you...
The Bawl Mill
July 2012
• Helium, going up, up and away...
• By the numbers...
• Unsustainable regulations...
• Helium, going up, up and away...
• By the numbers...
• Unsustainable regulations...
Mining for Gemstones and Mineral Specimens
August 2013
It is better in a gem and mineral mining operation that the driller, blaster and mucker be the same person in order to be able to predict placement of the desired mineral enriched pockets.
It is better in a gem and mineral mining operation that the driller, blaster and mucker be the same person in order to be able to predict placement of the desired mineral enriched pockets.
Calcite and Limestone
February 2017
The other distinguishing feature of calcite has to do with its chemistry. Geologists sometimes take a small bottle of dilute hydrochloric acid out into the field with them because calcite reacts with acids to make a bubbly foam.
The other distinguishing feature of calcite has to do with its chemistry. Geologists sometimes take a small bottle of dilute hydrochloric acid out into the field with them because calcite reacts with acids to make a bubbly foam.
The Bawl Mill
May 2011
• From makers to takers
• Ministry of Mother Earth
• Where not to invest
• From makers to takers
• Ministry of Mother Earth
• Where not to invest
Legislative and Regulatory Update
February 2017
• Obama’s parting shots
• California suction dredging
• Oregon follows California’s lead
• Lawsuit coming; bill introduced to stop mining in Washington State
• President Trump halts new federal regulations
• Obama’s parting shots
• California suction dredging
• Oregon follows California’s lead
• Lawsuit coming; bill introduced to stop mining in Washington State
• President Trump halts new federal regulations
Mining Industry Worried about Democrat-Controlled Congress
January 2007
The new Democrat-controlled Congress will be largely hostile to the US mining industry on everything from taxes to environmental regulation, a top industry lobbyist warned.
The new Democrat-controlled Congress will be largely hostile to the US mining industry on everything from taxes to environmental regulation, a top industry lobbyist warned.
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