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To ensure a reliable supply of heavy rare earth minerals for its hybrid and electric cars , Toyota is entering into a deal that could give them a 49% stake in a Canadian mining operation.
Tags: ads-by-google, canada, denver, geology, Geology.com, Jobs, metals, meteorites, mexico, middle-east, mining, north-carolina, pennsylvaniaH.R. 1904 is a proposal that will authorize an exchange of Federal land for non-Federal land… to facilitate development of a world class domestic copper deposit capable of meeting a significant portion of the annual United States demand.
Tags: astronomy, copper, geology, geophysics, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, metals, minerals, mining, politics and geology, satellite images, washingtonA proposal to develop an underground copper deposit near Florence, Arizona using an in situ leaching process is generating lots of debate.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, earthquakes, geology, Geology.com, hawaii, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, metals, plate-tectonics, waterThe price of gold took a record fall today, dropping over $100 per ounce to under $1650 per ounce.
Tags: afghanistan, california, earthquakes, geology-news, gold, Jobs, metals, money, pennsylvania, united-states, virginia, waterThe high price of gold has turned prospecting into a hobby, a part-time job and a retirement occupation for many people. This video visits some locations in Washington state where prospecting and related activities have attracted the new gold bugs.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, climate-change, earthquakes, gold, marcellus-shale, metals, middle-east, pennsylvania, rivers, satellite images, washington, waterUSGS recently published: “Depositional Setting and Geochemistry of Phosphorites and Metalliferous Black Shales in the Carboniferous-Permian Lisburne Group, Northern Alaska”. “Black shales within the phosphorite sections have up to 20.2 weight percent C org and are potential petroleum source rocks. Locally, these strata also are metalliferous, with up to 1,690 ppm Cr, 2,831 ppm V, 551 ppm Ni, 4,670 ppm Zn, 312 ppm Cu, 43.5 ppm Ag, and 12.3 ppm Tl; concentrations of these metals covary broadly with C org , suggesting coupled redox variations.” Quoted from the USGS publication announcement.
Tags: afghanistan, california, climate-change, earth sciences, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, metals, middle-east, rocks, usgs, waterSome analysts are predicting a $5000 per ounce gold price by the end of this decade.
Tags: ads-by-google, earth sciences, earthquakes, geology-news, Geology.com, gold, Jobs, marcellus-shale, metals, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, satellite images, united-states, virginiaA new report on tungsten published by the British Geological Survey….. “Tungsten, also known as wolfram, is a very dense lustrous greyish-white to steel-grey metal with some unique properties which make it impossible to replace in certain specialized industrial applications.” Quoted from the BGS report.
Tags: california, earth sciences, environment, Geology.com, massachusetts, metals, north-dakota, plate-tectonics, satellite images, State Geological SurveysVideo of Matt Mattson scuba diving and operating a portable dredge.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, earth sciences, earthquakes, Geology.com, gold, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, metals, mexico, minerals, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, rivers, united-statesBarrick Gold’s Cortez mine in Nevada produced over one million ounces of gold last year. This video takes you underground and give you a quick look at the process that removes finely disseminated gold from the ore.
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