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Mine Planning and Management
Can NASA Help Solve Mining’s Productivity Problem?
The mining industry has a productivity problem. Coming into the last big commodity cycle and for most of the years…
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Popular Geology and News
NASA Putting Robots in Volcanic Fissures: Next Stop Mineral Exploration?
Aside from the obvious benefits to research, small inexpensive exploration robots may also find a home mineral exploration. Imagine using small robots to…
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Mining Hostile Environments
Space Mining: Science Fiction Becomes Science Fact
Space has long been known to contain vast mineral resources but exploiting them has always been the stuff of science…
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Deposits and Projects
Sudbury: Ancient Apocalypse to Modern Resource
Even among world-class deposits and districts, the Sudbury Basin stands out. Its’ uniqueness may be a good thing, because this…
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Deposit Types
Canadian Greenstone Belts
Greenstone belts represent some of the oldest records of the Earth’s history and host significant mineral deposits. Thus, they are…
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Popular Geology and News
Searching For Signs Of Life: The Mars Rover
The Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, nearly seven months after its launch. Perseverance is part of…
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Popular Geology and News
Helium-3 Mining On The Moon: Houston, We Have A Problem
Much speculation has been created around the idea of harvesting Helium-3 from the moon to use as a clean energy…
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Popular Geology and News
Geologists Going to Mars?
Mars One is a non-profit organization based in the Netherlands planning to establish a permanent human colony on Mars by…
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Popular Geology and News
The Smallest Miners on Earth … and Beyond!
It is well known that the human need for exploration has driven invention, and perhaps none more so that the…
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Popular Geology and News
The Moon’s Mysterious Magnetic Field
Today, the Moon has a very weak magnetic field, but researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently released…
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