Indonesia
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Great Deposits
Great Deposits – Grasberg Part 3 – Mining and Engineering
In our first two articles we discussed the history and geology of the Grasberg Mine and it is now time to come back…
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Great Deposits
Great Deposits- Grasberg Part 2 – Geology
In Grasberg Part 1 we discussed the social and cultural aspects of the Grasberg deposit and outlined it’s long and fascinating…
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Great Deposits
Great Deposits of the World – Grasberg Part 1
When creating this series on great deposits there are various criteria that can be used to evaluate whether a deposit…
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Deposit Types
Nickel Laterites: The World’s Largest Source of Nickel
Nickel is found in two types of deposits; Nickel laterites and magmatic sulfide deposits. Although nickel Laterites make up 70% of…
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Commodities
Nickel: Commodity Overview
Man’s first and mostly unintentional use of nickel began with making pottery and tools as early as 3500BC, but it’s intentional…
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Mining Company News Reviews
Barisan Gold Honing in on Indonesian Gold and Copper
With almost 600 meters of gold values, the results from hole UTD-006 certainly help create a case in favour of continued…
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Mining Hostile Environments
Mining Active Volcanoes (Surprisingly, we can and do!)
The role that volcanoes have in creating land is obvious to anyone who has seen the spectacular eruptions in Iceland…
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The Basics
Minerals on the Edge – Plate Boundaries and Minerals
The world is a dynamic place. The earth that we stand on, and think of as fixed, is anything but.…
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