The Asteroids Are Coming! The USGS is setting its sights high according to a September 5, 2018 report from Newsweek. The United States Geological Survey’s research geologist Laszlo Kestay explained in an interview at Space.com that “The USGS realized that our congressional mandate to assess natural resources extends to space.” (more…)
10 Industrial Minerals Everyone Has in Their Pocket Industrial minerals are anything but glamorous. At first mention, most folks conjure up images of sand, limestone, or perhaps clay for bricks. They are the rawest of raw materials and, as such, they play critically important but invisible roles in the infrastructure…
We’ve previously discussed various ways in which technological innovation is reaching across all sectors of industry. Buckminster Fuller once said, “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” (more…)
Trying to decide a future career path can be a difficult one. You may not be geared for the office setting, but instead, love being outdoors and working with your hands. The mining industry has had some life breathed into it from a recent relaxation of policy regulating this industry.…