Protests in Panama have extended into a second week over a long-term copper mining concession for a Canadian company ByJUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press October 30, 2023, 8:36 PM A man welds a sliding gate close on a shop outside the National Assembly as the teacher´s Union protests against a recently approved mining contract between the … Read more
PANAMA — Protesters blocked streets across Panama on Monday, demanding the government rescind a contract to continue copper mining in a biodiverse region. Teaching and construction unions led calls against the contract with environmentalists, saying continued development threatens forested land and crucial groundwater just 75 miles (120 kilometers) west of the capital, in the state … Read more
Everyone’s into asteroids these days. Space agencies in Japan and the United States recently sent spacecraft to investigate, nudge, or bring back samples from these hurtling space rocks, and after a rocky start, the space mining industry is once again on the ascent. Companies like AstroForge, Trans Astronautica Corporation, and Karman+ are preparing to test … Read more
Hello and welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Mining water on the moon with Starpath Robotics News from Blue Origin, SpaceX and more Starpath Robotics has emerged from stealth with an ambitious plan to design, launch and operate machines to mine and refine water for rocket propellant using resources on the moon and Mars. … Read more
It’s a phenomenal, 60-degree day, the sky a cloudless blue. Spunn Street is lined by stately homes wanting down on the historic major avenue of Jackson, California, the excessive peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains seen within the distance. There’s a slight bend within the street—and there it’s. A series-link fence topped with barbed wired … Read more