Tag Archives: geochemistry

Obsessed by the Swedish Alum Shale

Posted on May 18, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

I would almost say that I have become obsessed with the Swedish Alum Shale. With this super boring dark grey to black shale that has hardly any fossils in it and was deposited 500 million years ago on an even … Continue reading →

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Mining and exploration in focus on Swedish Television

Posted on April 30, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

A few days ago, the Swedish news program Agenda reported on the protest movement VetoNu, which works to prevent mining of Alum Shale in Österlen. As I have written earlier, the UK/Australian company Scandivanadium wants to explore the Alum Shale … Continue reading →

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Different name, same content

Posted on April 25, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In its latest update (23rd of April 2019), Scandivanadium, the company which is exploring Österlen’s Alum Shale for mining of Vanadium, no longer calls the Dictyonema shale (where most of the Vanadium is located) a shale (or an Alum Shale), … Continue reading →

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