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Nearly 7,000 feet deep, Resolution Copper sees an opportunity ‘right at our fingertips’
While they’re not mining yet, Resolution Copper is slowly digging its way toward the lucrative ore. In fact, the site is ...
America’s Underground Lab overhauls its WWII era wooden mine shaft
Lead, SD, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in the Black Hills of South Dakota is America’s Underground Lab – with cutting-edge experiments in biology ...
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Deep-sea mining impacts marine life for decades
Marine ecosystems in the deep ocean show little sign of recovery even decades after experimental mining, according to new ...
Deep sea mining impacts still felt forty years on, study shows
A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said ...
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Abandoned mines could find new use as gravity batteries
Just because a mine has been exhausted of its ore, that doesn't necessarily mean it has no value. A 2023 study suggests that the shafts of such abandoned mines could serve as energy-storing ...