All articles by Gary Peters

1. Eye in the sky: airborne electromagnetic surveying in mining

   Airborne electromagnetic (EM) surveying is a method used by mining companies to determine the geological structure of the earth at…
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   6 Jun
2. Mountaintop mining: banks pull the plug on an industry in decline

   Barclays’ decision to reverse its support for MTR is not one that has received wall-to-wall media coverage. However, it could…
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   5 Jul
3. Space mining: ownership laws bring prospecting a step closer

   The idea of extracting resources held in asteroids in space is not new, and while it may sound like something…
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   4 Jun
4. Seeds of sustainability: reclaiming open-pit mining in Indonesia

   In use since 1996, the former PT Newmont Minahasa Raya-operated (PTNMR) mine site, located in the Mesel gold mine area,…
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   27 May
5. Liberating trade: Japan-Australia partnership is good news for mining

   Following their signing of the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (JAEPA), Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo…
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   19 Apr