East Africa Rift Volcanic Activity
In Ethiopia’s Afar region — where three tectonic plates wrench themselves....
Geoscience events - Archive
Polar Year ’hailed as a success’
The Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica was entirely built during Scientists...
Carbon Dioxide Drop and Global Cooling Caused Antarctic Glacier to Form
Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ....
Goldman Sachs says mining sector ’not compelling’
Goldman Sachs shook up its ratings on metals mining companies, saying the sector...
Mining firm denies coal wastes
The Semirara Mining Company (SMC) has denied allegations of residents that waste...
Peru - copper, zinc, silver, molybdenum output rise in Jan
Peru, a leading global metals exporter, increased production of copper, zinc and silver...
Survival pattern for OZ Minerals improves as cash starts to flow from Prominent Hill
The mood following Minmetals full bid offer for OZ Minerals Ltd (ASX: OZL) - with...
Gold ETFs - are these the World’s best-performing securities?
This week, the world’s six largest gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) held an...
Miners anticipate wave of bankruptcies as more explorers forced out of business
The annual Fraser Institute survey released Thursday found many in the mining....
Lundin Mining posts massive Q408 loss
Lundin Mining (LUN.TO) is renegotiating terms on a C$575 million credit line after....
Witnesses testify mining law reform bill will result in more U.S. job losses
As yet another in a steady stream of mining law reform bills kicked off in its first hearing in...
Huge erratic boulders in Tonga deposited by a prehistoric tsunami
1 Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences...
Planet Earth: Avoiding The Hothouse And The Icehouse Of The Future
By controlling emissions of fossil fuels we may be able to greatly delay the start of...
Oil In Ocean Shows Up On NASA Images: Half Of The Oil In The Ocean Bubbles Up Naturally From Seafloor
About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor...
Goldcorp reports record production in 4Q08, 7% increase in reserves
Goldcorp Thursday reported adjusted net earnings of $397 million or 56-cents per share....