Revamping the 1872 Mining Act
July 23, 2007 | Forbes
The 1872 Mining Act was passed to help develop the mineral wealth... Michigan Mining Boom?
December 29, 2008 | AP Michigan News
A number of new mining projects and active mineral exploration in several... EPA Delays Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
October 1, 2009 | Reuters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding 79 coal-mining permits that use... Seafloor Sulfide Deposits
April 1, 2009 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A meeting at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution brings together experts on the... Reforming the Mining Laws
May 17, 2007 | Salt Lake Tribune
The 1872 Mining Act assists mineral resource development because it allows companies... Plate Tectonics Map
February 2, 2009 | USGS
The very popular and educational This Dynamic Planet: World Map of Volcanoes,... Mountaintop Removal Mining – A Report to Congress
January 26, 2010 | United States Government Accountability Office
"Surface coal mining in the mountainous areas of Appalachia—often called “mountaintop mining”—generates... First Seafloor Survey of a Copper-Gold Sulfide Deposit
September 23, 2007 | News Release from Nautilus
Nautilus Minerals is using a remotely operated vehicle to conduct the first... The Evolution of Minerals
November 17, 2008 | The Carnegie Institution
This article gives a brief overview of some ideas about how our... Newmont’s Indonesia Permitting Delays
April 26, 2008 | Denver Post
Newmont Mining may have to lay off up to 750 mine workers... High Gold Prices and Illegal Mining
July 16, 2008 | Canada.com
The current high gold prices have increased the amount of illegal mining... EPA Review of Mountaintop Removal Permits
March 26, 2009 | New York Times
According to the New York Times, Lisa Jackson, head of the US... Teaching Plate Tectonics With Drawings
September 8, 2007 | Geology.com
From the article: "The next time you teach plate tectonics, consider a... Plate Tectonics: Earth’s Lucky Geology
January 12, 2008 | Discovery News
Discovery News has an article titled: "Plate Tectonics: Earth's Lucky Geology". ... Discussions About Uranium Mining Near Nunn, Colorado
July 26, 2007 | The Tribune
Powertech, Inc., a Canadian mining company hopes to mine uranium from a... Metal Companies Forced to Explore for Water
June 20, 2007 | Purchasing.com
Water is scarce in the parts of Chile that produce copper and... Arizona Water Use: Agriculture vs Mining
July 23, 2009 | Arizona Geology Blog
The largest water consumer in Arizona's Sahuarita-Green Valley complains that a proposed... Uranium Mining in the Czech Republic
May 26, 2007 | Radio CZ
The Czech Republic is the 12th largest producer of uranium. An... Mountaintop Mining Permit Suspension
January 12, 2010 | University of Maryland
A group of scientists is asking the EPA and U.S. Army Corps... Black Smokers: Mining the Seafloor for Metals
May 22, 2007 | RSC
In the 1970's and 1980's the world thought that polymetallic manganese nodules... | 
