Planetary Resources a step closer to mining asteroids with spacecraft
Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.
Australian attitudes toward mining
Semantic Scholar extracted view of "Australian attitudes toward mining - Citizen survey - 2014 results" by K. Moffat et al. ... Results from a comparative case study focusing on newspaper coverage of mineral exploration and mining in three European countries representing different geological and socio-economic contexts show that …
Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2023 | Fraser Institute
This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2023 annual mining survey, which assesses the impact of mineral endowments and policy factors on …
Approach Towards Deep-Sea Mining: Current Status and …
Estimates for mining of nodules at different mining rates (1–3 MT/y) show that ores between 3000 and 10,000 tonnes could be mined per day and the area (size) of the mine site would range between 4267 and 12,800 km 2 (Table 2.7) which is 5.68–17.06% of the 'contract' area (75,000 km 2) for nodule abundance of 5 kg/m 2 and 25% efficiency ...
The Mexican Mining Industry: A Mecca for Mining
The president's attitude towards mining has been described as distrustful by CEO of the Mexican Mining Centre, Douglas Coleman. The decision to ban new mining concessions has caused significant negative impacts to the mining industry, as exploration efforts have been greatly hampered. During the pandemic, President ALMO, released a statement ...
Attitudes Toward Space Exploration
Allows scientific and technological discoveries. Allows the monitoring of natural disasters. 80% 73%. Is a means to understand climate change. Contributes to science resulting in advances to health-care. Improves understanding of everyday life. 56% 66%. 57%. Improves understanding of the human body.
Australian attitudes toward mining: Citizen Survey
The 2017 citizen survey on Australian attitudes toward mining identifies procedural fairness as 'an important positive predictor of trust in the industry' (Moffat et al., 2017). Also, Thomson and ...
Method of Appraising Economic Prospects of Mining Exploration …
The purpose of mining exploration is to discover workable deposits, and to acquire certain information on the natural wealth. This, of course, will involve certain costs. With zero expenditure there is zero information. ... Obviously, the determination of such optimum is impossible unless a certain attitude towards risk is adopted. Such ...
An Exploration of English Students' Attitude towards …
Those situations can be caused by a lack of motivation. Gardner (1985) states that motivation as the combination of effort, desire and favorable attitude in achieving the goals of learning a language. Katesi (1993) found that attitude and motivation were significant factors in determining the success and failure in language learning.
Is Mexico's Mining Sector Too Risky For Foreign Investors?
Mexico has a long history of mining activity. Mexico is the world's top producer of silver. Mexico is also the 2 nd most important gold producer in Latin America. In recent years, however ...
Gender Role Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Abortion: A …
Abstract. In this exploratory study of mass opinion, the following question is addressed: Given the importance of gender role attitudes in elite-level discourse on abortion, why is the relationship between gender role egalitarianism and support for abortion so weak at the level of mass opinion.
Primacy effects in the formation of environmental attitudes: …
In addition, as previous literature on attitude formation have also considered dispositional factors in attitude formation, we measured and tested the influence of two …
Australian attitudes toward mining Citizen Survey – 2014 …
In a CSIRO survey of Australian attitudes towards mining, Moffatt, Zhang and Boughen (2014) found that the community lacked faith that governments could hold the mining industry accountable, or ...
Mining the impact of social media information on public …
mining the public green consumption attitudes can find the key factor affecting the change in attitude and enhance the public's perceived effectiveness of green consumption.
Starved for jobs, Europe shifts attitude towards mining
Starved for jobs, Europe shifts attitude towards mining MINING Editor | July 4, 2013 | 11:50 pm Base Metals Energy Precious Metals Europe Aluminum Coal Copper Gold Iron Ore
Refining the preconditions of a social licence to operate (SLO
This study analyses the reputation and attitudes towards mining and mineral exploration in the three reference countries of INFACT Project (Spain, Finland and Germany) and in leading mining ...
Environmental Identities and Attitude towards Crude Oil …
Environmental identities and attitude towards oil pipeline vandalism in Niger Delta oil-producing communities were examined to show whether low environmental identity is associated with an environmentally destructive attitude, as well as how such issues may be connected with incidents of oil pipeline vandalism in the area. A survey of …
Media use and US Attitudes Toward Government and Private Space Exploration
Abstract. A range of media—including science fiction television programs and films, news outlets, and social media platforms—present messages about space exploration by the US government (NASA) and private companies (such as SpaceX). With this in mind, the present study examines how different forms of media use predict …
What We Know About Deep-sea Mining
Mineral nodules on the seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, a key area of interest for deep-sea mining. Photo by ROV KIEL 6000/GEOMAR. In the case of polymetallic nodules — which are currently the primary focus for deep-sea mining — mining vehicles would collect mineral deposits from the surface of the seabed, not unlike …
Scientific literacy and attitudes towards American space exploration
Correct answers were tallied and subjects were given an overall scientific literacy score ranging from 0 to 14, with a score of 14 indicating that all questions were answered correctly. Public attitudes towards space exploration were evaluated using questions from the 2008 Gallup Poll [2]. After this study was conducted, the Constellation ...
Australia ranked in global mining report
Industry bodies have weighed in on the mixed results of the Fraser Institute's 2023 Survey of Mining Companies report. ... factors on attitudes toward exploration investment across the world ...
Theory of change for the mineral Exploration
These were (i) existing land use, (ii) the cost of mineral exploration, (iii) public perceptions and negative attitudes toward the exploration and mining industry, (iv) sustainability and …
Social aspects of business risk in the mineral industry
Knowledge of the local context, and of the factors shaping local attitudes to mineral exploration and mining, can help companies make informed site selections, …
Deep sea mining and the United States: Unbound
3. Current role of the US within the context of deep sea mining. 3.1. Deep sea mining in the Area. Although the US is only an observer at the International Seabed Authority and US companies can therefore not apply to the ISA in order to obtain a contract, this has not withheld the US from granting licenses in the Area.
Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2018 | Fraser …
This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2018 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors …
Public Attitudes and Sentiments toward Common …
Since 2021, China's promotion of common prosperity has captured global attention and sparked considerable debate. Yet, scholarly examination of the Chinese public's attitudes toward this policy, which is crucial for guiding China's strategic directions, remains limited. To address this gap, this paper collects 256,233 Sina Weibo posts from …
Fraser Institute survey shows marked declines in African …
South Africa 's score in this regard decreased from 54.84 last year to 42.68 this year. Niger scored very low at 15.09 for policy perception and 14.29 for mineral potential. As a region, Africa ...
Chilean attitudes toward mining
1 In this research, mining and the mining industry includes: coal mining, oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying, exploration and other mining support ...
Mining & Mineral Exploration: Steps & Approach
Political instability, regulatory frameworks, and the local community's attitude towards mining are key factors that can influence the success of exploration projects. Pan African Resources navigates this landscape by a ctively engaging with local communities and local governments, understanding their concerns, and working collaboratively to ...
Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2023 | Fraser Institute
Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2023. — Published on May 14, 2024. This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2023 annual mining survey, which assesses the impact of mineral endowments and policy factors on attitudes toward exploration investment. The survey responses have been tallied to rank jurisdictions …