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U.S. water use down but migration to West a concern
Friday, October 30, 2009
GeoMine
Steady migration to the hot and dry Western states along with water use by coal and nuclear plants are undermining conservation efforts that have kept U.S. water use steady in recent years, a study said on Thursday. read more »

Chemical optimisation and sustainability in flotation
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The depletion of mineral resources associated with the cost and limited availability of water and energy is putting pressure on the industry to optimise its processes, especially concentration by flotation, Ricardo Capanema reports. read more »

Supporting a remote mining fleet
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The importance of the Sandvik operation headquartered in the city of Timika on the south coast of Papua (Irian Jaya),Indonesia, is such that it is an incorporated company, PT Sandvik SMC. This company was established purely for the Freeport business,which roughly splits 50/50 between underground and surface equipment. read more »

The road to Grasberg
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Until Bechtel built the first road in the early 1970s, and Freeport Indonesia subsequently developed the area, subrivers were the only access inland to the foothills of the Jayawijaya mountain range on Irian Jaya that hosts what is arguably the greatest ore complex discovered in the world to date, the Grasberg and Ertsberg copper gold deposits. read more »

California Gold Rush
Thursday, July 23, 2009
GeoMine
I. The Great Discovery - II. By Sea to the Golden Land - III. Ho for California! The Overland Trek IV. Via the Isthmus - V. Gold Mania Satirized - VI. The Miners' Ten Commandments VII.The World Rushed In: Part I, Part II - VIII. An Instant City: Sacramento - IX.The Northern Mines X. Scenes in the Life of the California Miner - XI. Making a Pile - XII. Mining Companies read more »

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