Tag Archives: mining industry

Groundwater

Posted on March 17, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

Clean and healthy water is probably one of the most important things for our survival. We are really fortunate here in Sweden that we can drink tap water, that we can cook with clean water, water our plants with clean … Continue reading →

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What is green about a metal?

Posted on January 7, 2020 by barbarawohlfarth

Yesterday morning a debate article appeared in my Facebook feed, which had the headline “More mines need to be opened in Sweden for the sake of climate” (my translation from the Swedish text). In short, the writer means that Sweden … Continue reading →

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There is a lot of uranium in the Alum shale ….

Posted on October 2, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

In my last blog I wrote that not much has been published regarding the 28 deep drill cores made by SGU around Myrviken between 1977 and 1979. But I was not entirely correct. David Gee alerted me to a figure … Continue reading →

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Saturday morning thoughts

Posted on September 21, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

A few weeks ago, I was invited to write a debate article in the magazine NyTeknik. The editor referred to earlier debate articles we had in the newspaper Sydsvenskan and thought that I could write something along these lines for … Continue reading →

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What is a shovel?

Posted on September 13, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

This is a half serious text – no heavy geological facts and summary at all today! When I wrote about the latest Investors Summary of ScandiVanadium it struck me how simple the planned Alum shale mining process is communicated. The … Continue reading →

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History is talking

Posted on June 28, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

Mining of Alum Shale is not a new idea at all. Alum Shale has been mined for centuries in Sweden and today we are left with huge heavy metal (and Uranium) leaking piles of mining waste. Initially the Alum Shale … Continue reading →

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Sustainable mining – fiction or reality?

Posted on June 2, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

A few days ago I attended a breakfast seminar during which the results of a joint project between Svemin and the Stockholm Environment Institute, SEI, were presented. The project, which was entitled “The Swedish mining sector in sustainable futures” examined … Continue reading →

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Dig up or recycle?

Posted on May 6, 2019 by barbarawohlfarth

I have almost finished reading Arne Müller’s book ‘Elbilen och jakten på metallerna’ (my free translation of the title is: ‘The electric car and the hunt for metals’). The book is unfortunately only available in Swedish (ISBN 978-91-87949-86-9), which really … Continue reading →

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