Mines Rock Your World!
A mining educational blog to awaken your senses and challenge your views.
Yes it is true! Recent research shows that folks in southern Mexico, from the years ~500AD to ~1000AD at least, traded their chocolate for what they didn't have: copper in the form of turquoise from what is now the USA.
Read MoreCopper is essential for modern life. New copper is needed most by the developing countries of our world where recycling cannot keep pace with demand. In developed countries like the US we recycle over 50% of what we need. Every wonder where new copper comes from?
Read MoreThanks to the permanence of metal, an amazing 1,600 year old artifact is found in Saxony.
Read MoreHi Ho, Hi Ho, its off to work we go!!!
Read MoreMining is a human activity essential to all societies no matter what their politics. Mining is no more a capitalist activity than farming. Why do those opposed to it associate mining exclusively with capital markets? Evidence suggests that mining practices in communist societies leaves little to be desired...
Read MoreWater is life! And this water comes from old mine workings. A simple water purification plant provides water to farmers in Arizona that otherwise would be lost in mine workings .
Read MoreBefore there were pyramids there were mines. One of the world's oldest civilisations began with a mineral resource that enabled civilisation to grow.
Read More"Despite the best of efforts, miners do not achieve 100 percent recovery rates. But that may not be all bad news..."
Read MoreAnother great rehabilitation mining story you haven't heard of. The historic development of iron mines near Marquette, Michigan impacted wetlands. But subsequent to mining wetlands have very successfully been reintroduced. Five years of environmental monitoring post reclamation demonstrates the successful creation of new wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Read MoreTassie mine approved a second time. This new approval allows for fines to be levied if more than two Tassie devils are run over in a year.
Art Exhibit Recommendation: Photographer Edward Burtynsky's "The Landscape That We Change".
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Union members and other parties gather in Tasmania to show their support for responsible mining.
Pro Mining Development Protestors March in Esquel, Argentina
Read MoreDid you use gold today? Check out this interactive to see!
Read MoreGreat infographic showing how steel is an essential building block and recycled for all to use today and tomorrow.
Mining Focus Educational Foundation is a human centred resource designed to educate affected communities and society at large about the benefits and impacts of mining today and through the ages.
