News tagged with mining industry
US expected to extend Grand Canyon mining ban
The US administration scheduled an announcement Monday widely expected to implement a long-term ban on mining around the Grand Canyon, a move praised by environmental activists.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Gold in them hills
The revival of Scotland's long-dormant gold-mining industry is underway, after officials gave the go-ahead to start work at a Highland mine.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Geological information available at click of a button
Mining industry explorers, earthquake and climate change scientists and members of the public can now access a 'stack' of information about Australia's geology at the click of a button.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 02, 2011 |
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Reducing algal blooms with mining by-products
CSIRO research has shown that some mining by-products can be effective in preventing nutrients from entering river systems, thereby reducing the potential for algal blooms.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Innovative technology for wireless underground communication
In recent years, the tragic story of mine accidents has been retold many times in international headlines. But thanks to the work of Ryerson University researcher Xavier Fernando, countless miners' lives could ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Accessing the risk of arsenic ingestion with mineralogy
Canadian researchers working at Brookhaven's National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) have created a method for determining how much of the arsenic in soil tailings -- byproducts of the mining industry -- ...
Sep 10, 2010 |
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The complex lives of bubbles revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- The mystery surrounding what happens when bubbles collide has finally been busted. And knowing how bubbles bounce apart and fuse together could improve the quality of ice-cream and champagne as well as increase ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Lawmakers, activists battle over mountaintop removal coal mining
Coal industry advocates and environmentalists converged on Capitol Hill on Thursday at a congressional hearing on the impact of mountaintop removal mining on Appalachian streams and rivers.
Jun 26, 2009 |
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