Mining News

Posted November 22, 2002:

• UMass Team To Study Bioremediation Of Acid, Heavy Metals From Collapsed Mine

Posted October 17, 2002:

• Melting Crust Makes Rich Mineral Deposits; Ocean Floor Slab May Melt From Heat Of Earth's Interior, Causing Release Of Metals

Posted October 3, 2002:

• Robots Powered By The Ocean Itself

Posted September 27, 2002:

• Study Sheds Light On Mess In Polluted Streams

Posted May 23, 2002:

• Bacteria Point The Way To Gold Deposits

Posted May 16, 2002:

• Geologists Show How Wetlands Can Clean Up Acid Mine Drainage

Posted January 31, 2002:

• Scientists Use Llama Droppings To Help Combat Water Pollution

Posted January 9, 2002:

• Primordial Air May Have Been "Breathable"

Posted November 20, 2001:

• Much Gold, Silver, Other Metals Lie Undiscovered In Saudi Arabia
• Dartmouth Researcher Uses Cosmic Rays To Calculate Erosion Rates

Posted July 23, 2001:

• Arctic Ecosystems Being Nibbled Away

Posted July 17, 2001:

• Earthquakes Reveal Diamonds' Origins

Posted June 15, 2001:

• Microwaves To Reveal Ocean Weather, Locate Land Mines

Posted April 18, 2001:

• Output From Major Platinum-Group Metals Producer Could Increase

Posted March 13, 2001:

• Geologists Learning Uranium Containment From Nature

Posted December 4, 2000:

• Microbes Make Mine-Waste Drinkable, Researchers Report In Science
• Discovery May Jump-Start Mine Remediation Efforts

Posted May 23, 2000:

• Fiery Birth Of New Pacific Island

Posted May 22, 2000:

• Giant Black Smoker Retrieved From Abyss
• Robots To Invade Australia's Mines
• Clean Power From Waste Coal

Posted April 6, 2000:

• Remotely Sensing City Growth And Landscape Changes

Posted March 20, 2000:

• Sandia Scientists Study "Natural" Alternative To Cleaning Up Uranium-Contaminated Sites

Posted March 13, 2000:

• Microbe May Be A Key To Mine Pollution

Posted January 31, 2000:

• Origin And Trade Of Some Of The World's Most Historic Emeralds

Posted November 15, 1999:

• New Technology Tracks Missing Billions

Posted November 4, 1999:

• NASA Fuels Land Mine Removal Efforts With Thiokol, Marshall Center Agreement

Posted August 17, 1999:

• Simply Brilliant: UF/Russian Team Makes Gem-Quality Diamonds

Posted April 2, 1999:

• Abrasives To Zirconium... Growth In U.S. Economy Spurs Increased Mineral Consumption, Says Usgs Report

Posted March 12, 1999:

• Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Discover Heavy Metal Contamination In Northern Mexico

Posted February 16, 1999:

• "Hell On Earth" And CSIRO's Going There

Posted December 11, 1998:

• Some Smelter Slags Represent A Significant Environmental Hazard

Posted September 9, 1998:

• Researchers Find New Microbes At Work On Mine Tailings In Lake Coeur D'alene

Posted June 19, 1998:

• Chemical In Oyster Shells May Help Clean Oil Spills

Posted June 11, 1998:

• Study: Phosphate Industry Good At Restoring Wetlands But Can Improve

Posted May 4, 1998:

• Hawaiian Volcanoes Boost Australia's Bottom Line

Posted April 28, 1998:

• Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold

Posted April 7, 1998:

• Seafloor Study Produces A Copper Bonanza

Posted March 25, 1998:

• Early Oceans Touch Civilization Today

Posted March 6, 1998:

• Study Of Microbes May Hone Predictions Of Mining Impact

Posted March 5, 1998:

• SFU Geologist Finds Evidence Of Australia/North America Link

Posted February 17, 1998:

• Arsenic, River And Road Salt Under Examination

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