Tailings...a sustainible source of metals for future generations?
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"Despite the best of efforts, miners do not achieve 100 percent recovery rates. But that may not be all bad news..."
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MINING FOCUS BLOG
Marquette Iron Mine, Michigan: Reclaimed as Wetlands
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Another great rehabilitation mining story you haven't heard of. The historic development of iron mines near Marquette, Michigan impacted wetlands. But subsequent to mining wetlands have very successfully been reintroduced. Five years of environmental monitoring post reclamation demonstrates the successful creation of new wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Read MoreTasmanian Update: Mine Gets Approval...Again
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Tassie mine approved a second time. This new approval allows for fines to be levied if more than two Tassie devils are run over in a year.
Natural "illegal" contamination?
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Cement Creek Colorado: One of many naturally acidic and metal laden streams in Colorado. What do we and our regulators need to know?
Read MoreTailings: Waste or Metals for Future Generations?
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US government looks for and finds rare earth elements in abandoned mine tailings. Photo: Edward Burtynsky's Nickel and Platinum tailings Sudbury, Canada. Metals for batteries and catalytic convertors being stored for the next generation?
Read MoreA Visual Exploration of Landscape and Human Existance
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Art Exhibit Recommendation: Photographer Edward Burtynsky's "The Landscape That We Change".
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Australian Pro Mining Rally in Tasmania
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Union members and other parties gather in Tasmania to show their support for responsible mining.
Great Description of Modern Minesite Rehabilition
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The Golden Cross Gold-Silver Mine in New Zealand is a great example of a mining area being reclaimed. This mine is nestled in the bush of the Corormandel Peninsula and clearly shows the low impact of a significant operation. The gold may be gone from this site but it lives on, recycled again and again for future generations to use.
Read MorePro-Mining Demonstrations in Argentina
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Pro Mining Development Protestors March in Esquel, Argentina
Read MoreHumans are natural!
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Go with Dr. Foss "Beyond Environmentalism"...it is a thinking journey and time well spent.
Read MoreGold is Useful! Far more than you likely thought...
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Did you use gold today? Check out this interactive to see!
Read MoreSuper metal steel is the most recycled metal product in the world
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Great infographic showing how steel is an essential building block and recycled for all to use today and tomorrow.
Spanish group "Trabajo Ya, Mina Si!" Demands Mine
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Spanish pro-mining protestors demand development of a gold mine.
Read MoreSilver makes antibiotics thousands of times more effective
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Silver, known as an antimicrobial treatment for millenia, could help to solve modern bacterial resistance.
Read MoreCanada is the world's most popular place to explore
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Canada, Australia and US are the top destinations for mining companies to explore.
Read MoreMining your iPhone!
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""There's more gold in a pound of electronics than a pound of gold ore" -Ken Beyer, CEO of Cloud Blue (Electronics Recycling Company)
Arizona mining jobs pay more than twice the state average→
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"The average income of workers in the Arizona mining industry was $108,000 in 2011, more than double the state income average of $47,000. Most of those jobs are in the copper industry. Jobs generated as a result of the mining industry averaged $65,000 per year. "
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Sweden is Europe's Largest Mining Country
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The mining and metal refining country of Sweden provides some of the raw material needed to support Europe's manufacturing industry. It also helps explain why Sweden is a wealthy country. The welfare state, for which Sweden is known, is paid for with revenue from its rich iron, copper and precious metal mines the metal from which are refined by in Swedish smelters.
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