Mine Plan Design: Februari 2012

AZGS bills pass House Committee

The House Energy & Natural Resources Committee late this afternoon unanimously passed SB1171, dealing with statutory language clean-up following the consolidation of ADMMR and AZGS last summer, and SB1299, the sunset reauthorization of AZGS for 10...

More lawsuits over northern Arizona mining ban

The National Mining Association and the Nuclear Energy Institute filed suit against the U.S. Interior Dept. today, to overturn the 20 year ban on mineral exploration and mining on roughly 1 million acres of federal land in northern Arizona [right, hatched...

Asarco celebrates 100 years in Arizona

Asarco celebrated its 100th anniversary of operations in Arizona, on Feb. 24. Ryan Randazzo of the Arizona Republic wrote up a nice short history of the company, concluding with a list of its current operations: Ray and Hayden operations: A large open-pit...

Arizona tribes awarded 3 renewable energy grants

The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced that 3 Arizona Tribes are among 19 clean energy projects chosen to receive more than $6.5 million. "These competitively selected projects will allow Native American Tribes to advance clean energy within their communities...

House hearing on AZGS reauthorization Feb. 27

The Arizona House Committtee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing on the AZGS reauthorization (SB1299) and statutory updates (SB1171), at 2PM on Monday, February 27, in House Hearing Room 4 at the State Capitol.The bills passed the State...

Arizona falls 4 places in global mining ratings

Arizona is ranked 29th out of 93 mining regions in the world in combined policy and mineral potential, down from 25th out of 72 jurisdictions ranked last year in the Fraser Institute Annual Survey of Mining Companies 2011/2012. Wyoming and Nevada...

Ore Nikel Ready on Stock Pile

Trading peminat ore nickel cukup banyak mencari cargo yang ready stock. Sayang sekali oleh beberapa sistem komunikasi pemasaran dan juga oleh kendala teknis sistem transaksi, beberapa tambang yang sudah produksi tidak mampu menembus pasar dengan baik....

ASU report: Navajo Generating Station worth billions to economy

Salt River Project (SRP) reports that "Arizona stands to lose approximately $18 billion in gross state product between 2017 and 2044 - including up to 3,400 jobs each year - unless agreements can be reached to keep the Navajo Generating Station [right,...

Safford basin CO2 sequestration potential

AZGS has released a new report “Geologic Evaluation of the Safford Basin for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Potential.” The 175-page report by AZGS geologist Brian Gootee includes a compilation and characterization of available geologic and well-log data...

Holbrook potash website, public meetings announced

The Little Colorado RC&D has gone live with a "comprehensive new website on plans for potash mining in the Holbrook Basin www.holbrookbasin.org. The possibility of potash mining in the Holbrook Basin brings the likelihood of jobs and economic and...

Florence Copper receives Pinal County air quality permit

Curis Resources announced that they received its renewed Air Quality Permit for the commercial operations at Florence Copper from the Pinal County Air Quality Control District (PCAQCD) on February 14, 2012. The company news release says "This permit...

Public forum in Holbrook on potash mining

Prospect Global Resources, the Denver parent company of American West Potash, is renting office space from the city of Holbrook in anticipation of developing an underground mine nearby. The Holbrook Tribune reports that "Company President Pat Avery...

Gov. Brewer's launch of the Arizona Experience website

Last week, Gov. Brewer announced the launch of the Virtual Arizona Experience multi-media website, designed and built by AZGS. If you missed the Centennial event in Phoenix, we posted the governor's remarks on the websites YouTube channel. Our web...

Pinto Valley copper restart announced; 600+ new jobs

We missed the announcement a week ago that BHP Billiton will restart mining at its Pinto Valley operation, located between Globe and Superior. The company says "the mine, which will produce copper and molybdenum concentrate, will have annual production...

USGS assessment of radium in drinking water

A report by the USGS on radium concentration in drinking water aquifers nationwide shows that the water wells tested in Arizona are all below 1 picocurie per liter. However, only a handful of wells in Arizona were tested, all in alluvial aquifers in...

Arizona's Carlota copper mine part of sale to Polish company

Stockholders approved the sale of Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. to Polish mining company KGHM Polska Miedz SA (KGH), for $2.9 billion. Quadra owns the Carlota copper mine in Arizona as well as other properties in the U.S. and around the world. [Right, Carlota...

Arizona Legislature introduces budget bills

The Arizona Legislature introduced a package of 10 budget bills on Monday afternoon, the President's Day holiday, with hearings set in both Senate and Appropriations committees at 8AM today. News reports summarize the major differences between these...

Field trip debates origin of Bouse Fm, Grand Canyon

AZGS geologists Jon Spencer and Phil Pearthree spent the weekend near Cibola, Arizona, with colleagues to consider the origin of the Pliocene Bouse Fm, and the implications for the origin of the Grand Canyon. Jon's article on the inception of the canyon...

Uranium mine could open in 2012, shaft started on another

Denison Mines expects to begin production of uranium from its Pinenut mine in northern Arizona in 2012, and begin sinking a shaft 1,400 feet to the Canyon mine deposit in the 4th quarter of 2012, according to a company investment presentation.The Pinenut...

Lidar shows ground displacement from Baja quake

Surface ruptures from the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Baja California are shown in phenomenal detail using high resolution LIDAR. ASU's Ramon Arrowsmith is co-author on the study published last week in the journal Science.[Right,...

AZGS data visualization partnership with Microsoft Research

If you saw my post earlier this week about the animated timeline of Arizona earthquakes from 1852-2011, you saw it running in Layerscape, free 3D visualization software released today by Microsoft Research. We are also using it extensively in the Virtual...

Virtual Arizona Experience launched

The virtual Arizona Experience website went live today at noon, launched by Gov. Jan Brewer at a special Centennial event in Phoenix. The website is full of interactive, multimedia content from nearly 300 content providers so far. It is intended to...

Obama budget calls for mineral royalties, abandoned mine fees

President Obama's FY13 budget proposal calls for 5% gross royalty on hardrock minerals, a new fee to clean up abandoned mines, and changing from mining claims to leases on federal lands.The BLM announcement of the budget plan summarizes the key points:The...

Video timeline of Arizona earthquakes, 1852-2011

We showed this video yesterday at the AIPG-Arizona Section annual meeting held in the AZGS offices in Tucson, and it got a lot of favorable comments. So, I want to share it with you.Jordan Matti compiled it using the new Microsoft Layerscape software...

Mineral resources at Phoenix Best Fest

The Centennial Best Fest drew 60,000 attendees in Phoenix yesterday. Nyal Niemuth, who heads our Phoenix branch forwarded these photos from the Natural Resources pavili...

Arizona minerals at TGMS

The Tucson Gem & Mineral Show is showcasing Arizona minerals in celebration of the state's centennial. There are 50 cases of Arizona minerals on display in the convention center, with cases dedicated to the best minerals from famous mines as well...

Menanam Modal di Sektor Pertambangan Mineral Logam

Lahan bisnis yang paling subur saat ini adalah property dan jasa perbankan. Dari tahun ke tahun volumenya terus bertambah demikian pula kualitas dan tatacara penyelenggaraan pasarnya. Lahan bisnis ini umumnya di gerakkan di kota-kota besar dimana masyarakat...

Ditawarkan Perusahan Pemegang IUP Mangan di Buton

PT. Kencana Bumi Pertiwi (KBP) pemegang dua IUP Eksplorasi Mangan (Mn) masing-masing seluas 680 Ha dan 1.003 Ha rencana melepaskan kepemilikan kepada umum yang beminat. Lokasi IUP PT. KBP terdapat di Kecamatan Siotapina Kabupaten Buton Sulawesi Tenggara.Kadar...

Industri Tambang Menyelamatkan atau Menghancurkan

Sering terdengar obrolan"konyol" tetapi sesungguhnya sangat menyentuh, "anda bekerjadimana ? lalu dijawab apa adanya "saya berkerja di tambang nikel"."Ohh, anda menjual tanah air ya? Sama sekali saya buta dan tuli soalrejeki dan idealisme mencarinya....

Perusahan Nikel Ditawarakan Take Over Atau Join Operasi

PT. Nigesang Peto Buana seluas 1.621 Ha dan PT. Pacific Ore Resources seluas 2.000 Ha yang memiliki Kuasa IUP dari pemerintah Kabupaten Bombana, ditawarkan kepada calon investor untuk di take over atau join operasi. Lahan nikel kedua perusahaan...

Ketika Simalakama Pertambangan Harus Diterjang

Memang miris membicarakan masalah tambang secara terbuka. Sebuah simalakama yang terus mengendap disetiap mine set publik Indonesia. Sumber Daya Alam Indonesia di sektor pertambangan mineral logan dan bahan galian umum lainnya, selayaknya dapat menjadikan...

Southern Arizona silver project reports big increase in resource

Wildcat Silver announced that their exploration drilling program in the Patagonia area more than doubled their 2010 resource estimate. The Hermosa project now shows:Indicated resource of 101.4 million tonnes of 53.18 g/t silver for 171.3 million ounces...

Latest moves in the Florence copper project

The Florence Blade newspaper reports on the continuing fight by real estate interests to prevent Curis Resources from producing copper through an in situ leaching process under lands inside the city limits, and offers a summary of the arguments. Curis...

U.S Senate hearing on Resolution Copper land exchange

Politico 's Morning Energy Report says that the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources panel meets Thursday "to consider the House and Senate versions of legislation that would pave the way for a massive copper mine in southeast Arizona by swapping...

Low snowpack drops Lake Mead forecast by 24 feet

"In December, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was predicting a roughly 11-foot rise in Lake Mead over the next year. Now the bureau expects the nation's largest man-made reservoir to shed about 13 feet by January 2013" for a net forecast drop of 24...

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