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Quick-Action Helps Maintain Key Mining Industries during Ebola Outbreak

Quick-Action Helps Maintain Key Mining Industries during Ebola Outbreak

The important mining industries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone were able to largely maintain their operations during the deadly 2014-2015 Ebola...

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Updated Information on Cuba Mineral and Petroleum Resources Released

Updated Information on Cuba Mineral and Petroleum Resources Released

Cuba is among the top 10 producers of cobalt and nickel and has significant other mineral and petroleum resources, according to a new U.S. Geological...

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Appalachian Basin Energy Resources — A New Look at an Old Basin

Appalachian Basin Energy Resources — A New Look at an Old Basin

Appalachian coal and petroleum resources are still available in sufficient quantities to contribute significantly to fulfilling the nation’s energy...

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Frozen Heat Features USGS Science

Frozen Heat Features USGS Science

The Gas Hydrates Project at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) contributed to a four-year international effort by multiple partners, including the...

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Historical Hydraulic Fracturing Trends and Data Unveiled in New USGS Publications

Historical Hydraulic Fracturing Trends and Data Unveiled in New USGS Publications

Two new U.S. Geological Survey publications that highlight historical hydraulic fracturing trends and data from 1947 to 2010 are now available.
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Global Platinum-Group Resources Estimated at More than 150K Metric Tons

Global Platinum-Group Resources Estimated at More than 150K Metric Tons


 

The first-ever inventory and geological assessment of known and undiscovered platinum-group element (PGE) resources estimates that more than 150,000...

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Significant Natural Gas Resources Remain to Be Discovered in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Significant Natural Gas Resources Remain to Be Discovered in Cook Inlet, Alaska

the USGS estimates that mean undiscovered volumes of nearly 600 million barrels of oil, about 19 trillion square feet of natural gas, and 46 million...

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