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 MoreThanks to the permanence of metal, an amazing 1,600 year old artifact is found in Saxony.
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 MoreWind turbines are subsidised in many countries. This economic incentive translates into a demand for metals as wind turbines need large quantities of raw materials.
Read MoreJust when you thought it was safe to gnaw on a new shoot...
Read More"Despite the best of efforts, miners do not achieve 100 percent recovery rates. But that may not be all bad news..."
Read MoreUS government looks for and finds rare earth elements in abandoned mine tailings. Photo: Edward Burtynsky's Nickel and Platinum tailings Sudbury, Canada. Metals for batteries and catalytic convertors being stored for the next generation?
Read MoreArt Exhibit Recommendation: Photographer Edward Burtynsky's "The Landscape That We Change".
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Go with Dr. Foss "Beyond Environmentalism"...it is a thinking journey and time well spent.
Read MoreMining 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.
