Tag: mining

March 27, 2025 at 9:48 am

New Study Reveals That Ancient Mining Techniques May Have Been More Environmentally Friendly Than Previously Believed

Source: Shutterstock

It is good to see that our ancestors were cleaner than we thought. 

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March 7, 2025 at 9:49 am

Tucked Away In The Payload Bay Of The Most Recent SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Is A Private Spacecraft That Aims To Mine Minerals From Asteroids In Deep Space

Source: Pexels/SpaceX

A future in which our precious metals are obtained from space is almost a reality.

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December 5, 2024 at 3:49 pm

Researchers Determine That Ancient Ochre Mine Is The Oldest Known Mine In The World, Last In Use About 48,000 Years Ago

Source: Brandi L. MacDonald

Mining has been an important part of our culture for millennia. 

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October 24, 2024 at 12:33 pm

New Proposal By A Group Of Chinese Scientists Suggests The Next “Space Race” Will Be To Create Permanent Mining Bases On The Moon

Source: NASA

Lunar mining might be the next gold rush.

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July 25, 2024 at 12:29 pm

The World’s Largest Source Of Battery Metals Is 2.4 Miles Under The Sea

Source: Shutterstock

Those little nodules could pack a big punch.

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May 19, 2024 at 9:31 am

Synthetic Diamonds Can Now Be Made In Minutes. Here’s What That Could Mean For The Industry.

Source: Shutterstock

The gemstone industry doesn’t need to panic today.

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April 25, 2024 at 3:33 pm

Uranium Mining Is Ramping Up In The Grand Canyon Despite Outrage From Native Communities

Source: Shutterstock

Peer-reviewed research backed up the Native position on mining in the Grand Canyon.

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July 13, 2022 at 12:34 am

An Explorer Found a Pair of 100-Year-Old Levi’s in an Abandoned Silver Mine in California

An Explorer Found a Pair of 100-Year-Old Levi’s in an Abandoned Silver Mine in California

This is such a cool YouTube channel!

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February 13, 2019 at 4:27 pm

Revealing an Opal for the First Time is Kind of Magical

Revealing an Opal for the First Time is Kind of Magical

Okay that’s just beautiful

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August 23, 2018 at 1:52 pm

This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World

This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World

The Mauritania Railway consists of a single, 704 km (437 mi) railway line with trains up to 3km (1.8 mi) in length

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