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Illinois coal forests home to unique arachnid with spiny legs — study

According to Selden, Carboniferous Coal Measures are an important source of information for fossil arachnids, representing the first time in earth’s history when most living groups of arachnids occurred together. Yet, the fauna was still quite different from today’s. “Spiders were a rather rare group,...

US Congress to fund $2m Pentagon study on deep sea mining

The process, however, will only begin once the annual defense budget is signed into law later this year. The Pentagon has also been commissioned by Congress to provide a roadmap on how the US could source and possibly process critical minerals. In March, Representatives Carol Miller...

Six new large mines need to come online annually by 2050 to meet global copper demand – study

This is particularly the case taking into account that the Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, calls for 100% of cars manufactured to be electric vehicles by 2035. But an electric vehicle requires three to five times as much copper as an...

Coal trains also carry respiratory diseases to communities on their way – study

The study, published in the journal Environmental Research, focuses on the San Francisco Bay Area and is the first-ever health impact assessment of coal train pollution. While centred on East Bay neighbourhoods, the study has implications for communities living alongside passing coal trains elsewhere in the world. At least...

Study hints Predictive Discovery’s Bankan project could be Guinea’s ‘largest gold mine’

“Completion of the PFS now confirms the project is not only one of the largest gold discoveries in West Africa for a generation, but also a future Tier-1 gold mine,” Predictive managing director Andrew Pardey said during an April 15 conference call. “It can...

Exploring Partnerships: Freeport Resources and the Yandera Copper Project Feasibility Study

Abundant Resources Unveiled In a revelation akin to striking copper, the NI 43-101 report conducted by SRK Consulting in late 2016 for Era Resources highlighted measured and indicated resources at a staggering 728.6 million tonnes with a composition of 0.33% copper, 0.01% molybdenum, and...