Reposted by Elizabeth VPacific Northwest Seismic Network @pnsn1.bsky.social · 13hPRELIM Earthquake: Magnitude 4.3, 18.9 km SSW from Bremerton, WA at 2026/09/29 14:05 PDT Learn more: pnsn.org/event/714111952 Did You Feel It? Submit a report: zpr.io/UA6upKKXB4C3 39741
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 13hThe mineral that moves mountains versus a mineral we move mountains for (Yes I know this would have worked better for a copper sulfide and not one formed in the oxide zone but just go with it) 010
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hUS Army Corp of Engineers and the BLM have put out a draft supplemental environmental impact statement for Donlin Creek mine. It examines what a tailings failure that releases of 27% of total tailings capacity would do to the nearby town and watershed. www.mining.com/ngos-warn-do...mining.comNGOs warn Donlin mine spill could devastate regionA new federal review finds a major tailings failure could cause deaths, contaminate water and suppress fish for generations. 001
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hThis sentence: “It was not immediately clear why Mesabi aims to build a steel mill in Iowa using iron ore extracted from Minnesota.” www.mining.com/web/trump-un...mining.comTrump unveils $15 billion planned Iowa steel projectMesabi will use iron ore from its Minnesota mine to produce steel in Iowa, with first production expected in 2030. 120
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hPosting this one just to get people talking about carbon capture again www.mining.com/web/rio-tint...mining.comRio Tinto commissions carbon-capture trial at China’s Shougang steel plantRio Tinto and Shougang to research and develop technologies that could help reduce carbon emissions. 000
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hUS Department of Defense is investing $9.25 million in Strategic Minerals’ Redmoor tungsten-copper-tin project in Cornwall www.mining.com/strategic-mi...mining.comStrategic Minerals gets $9.2M Department of War funding for UK tungsten projectRedmoor is Europe’s highest-grade, undeveloped tungsten resource. 000
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hCleveland-Cliffs is indefinitely idling its cold-rolled and coated operations at the Stelco plant in Hamilton, Ontario because of the stupid tariffs. Laying off up to 500 people. www.mining.com/web/clevelan...mining.comCleveland-Cliffs to idle output at Canada steel plant, blames tariffs, says CBCStelco said it was idling finishing operations in Hamilton and it will offer jobs at its Nanticoke plant to Hamilton employees. 010
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hThe Metals Company has appointed former ExxonMobil upstream chief Liam Mallon to its board. www.mining.com/web/exxon-ve...mining.comExxon veteran Liam Mallon joins TMC board ahead of seabed mining pushThe move comes as the Trump administration signaled it is nearing approval for permits to mine the deep sea. 000
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 15hI’m behind on my mining news, so expect some increased posting 040
Reposted by Elizabeth VDr. Wendy Panero @mineraltoplanet.bsky.social · 16hRegister today and share with your colleagues! 003
Reposted by Elizabeth VDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Natives make up somewhere between 1-2% of the US population but only 0.3% of all faculty in the US 🫠 nces.ed.gov/programs/dig...nces.ed.govFull-time faculty in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and academic rank: Fall 2020, fall 2021, and fall 2022The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate sc... 0285
Reposted by Elizabeth VDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Natives make up 1.1-1.8% of the US population but 0.4% of all STEM workers 🫠 ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsb2026...ncses.nsf.govSTEM Talent: Education, Training, and Workforce | NCSES | NSFTalent is critical to the U.S. science and engineering enterprise and competitiveness. The U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce represented about a quarter of the to... 25214
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 23hI’m a stay-at-home mom and it sure as fuck sounds amazing to me. In fact, the only reason I ever became a stay at home parent was because we couldn’t afford daycare, so they can fuck right the hell off. 4190
Reposted by Elizabeth VOwen Missen @scimissionowen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Cuprite is red as the copper is in copper 1+ oxidation state, not copper 2+ which has the more common blues and greens - competing against halite, best known as an evaporite mineral. Salty fluids are also key to transporting metals in both hydrothermal and surface environments as chloride complexes! 094
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Vote #Cuprite! It’s the only ore mineral we have left and it’s such a pretty red color! #MinCup26 173
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The US Export-Import Bank gave Mesabi Metallics (Minnesota based but owned by Essar Group, an Indian company) a loan and they are using it to build a “green steel” plant in Iowa. 000
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“That means that, in the Trump administration’s signature Venezuelan gold venture, the United States is importing bars that contain at least some amount of gold linked to Tren de Guayana.” 230
Reposted by Elizabeth VDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I am a mom and scientist begging everyone to look closer at the muck. We’ve been conditioned to see wetlands as wastelands. But three decades of research, I see a fiercely defiant wilderness. The boreal mire is a dynamic carbon-trapping vault that in some places has outlasted ice ages. 1/ 11457123
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Omg the male lead’s name is James Smithson 💀. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S...en.wikipedia.orgJames Smithson - Wikipedia 142
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I can’t choose! I’ve been a diehard #Quartz fan since the very beginning of MinCup a decade ago. But #skutterudite is so skutter-rific! #MinCup26 1111
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Almost forgot to post today! I went with cuprite but it’s pretty close right now #MinCup26 050
Reposted by Elizabeth VKristian Svennevig @ksvenenvig.bsky.social · 25/09/20263D-print your own landslide! New paper out in @geomorphica.bsky.social "Open access 3D-printable landslide models for outreach and teaching" journals.psu.edu/geomorphica/... 65619
Reposted by Elizabeth VThe Nickel Nerd @ltrytten.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The idea that we can recycle our way out of needing new mines and processing is laughable. There is a long stock-building phase which - with 10+ yr life in vehicle and substantial second use potential - means even 100% efficient recycling would be at least 50 yrs from being majority of supply. 011
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I’m voting #graphite because it’s a critical mineral that’s not copper or REEs and used in high temperature lubricants #MinCup26 1153
Reposted by Elizabeth VMineral Cup & Ore Cup @mineralcup.bsky.social · 24/09/2026If you see sketchy surges of votes, please tag us to investigate. 25419
Reposted by Elizabeth VSuw @suw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I always feel somewhat grimy asking folks to chip in to support Ada Lovelace Day, but am hoping that the community will step in given that businesses have stepped away. And if you can't support directly, a share would be awesome! 01114
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) is offering up to $7 billion to critical minerals and energy projects from Argentina www.mining.com/us-eyes-up-t...mining.comUS, Argentina launch ‘Andes-Atlantic Corridor” with up to $7B EXIM backingFinancing initiative seeks to help local companies buy American equipment as Washington seeks secure mineral supplies. 012
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Even the major miners are cashing in on that sweet EXIM money www.mining.com/glencore-to-...mining.comGlencore, Mercuria to help build US minerals stockpile with $1B EXIM financingThe commodities traders will source and deliver materials for a US stockpile designed to shield manufacturers from shortages. 010
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I never get tired of letting people know that US Rare Earth is sketchy and that it’s Round Top project isn’t very good and that they have yet to do anything involving rare earths despite getting a bunch of US government $$$ www.mining.com/web/the-tiny...mining.comThe tiny magnet maker that attracted $1.6 billion from LutnickUSA Rare Earth's mine at Round Top Mountain is about 85 miles southeast of El Paso, Texas. 2248
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m voting for the copper ore #chrysocolla today and not the one that can give you hypertension #MinCup26 1173
Reposted by Elizabeth VDr. Wendy Panero @mineraltoplanet.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Want to hear from NSF program directors about the latest at NSF in Earth Sciences? Come hear updates and hear us answer your questions. October 6, 3 pm EDT. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events?f%5B0...nsf.gov 046
Reposted by Elizabeth VMaya Wei-Haas, PhD @mayaweihaas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On this topic: I’m currently hunting for scientists in this realm who are willing to let me tag along for field/lab work next year. Are you breaking down plate tectonics? Mantle dynamics? Hot spot volcanism? Those giant blobs near the core? Diamonds, ophiolites, xenoliths or other things! Hit me up! 289
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The US is seriously outpaced when it comes to rare earth magnets and it’s not even close, even with MP Materials’ planned Texas facility. www.mining.com/web/worlds-t...mining.comWorld’s top rare earth magnet maker gives Xi leverage over USThe expansion offers a glimpse of how China plans to defend its commanding position in the supply chain. 120
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I sometimes wonder what thoughts go through analysts heads when stuff like this happens. But it does make for entertaining news articles where you can almost hear the sighs in their statements. www.mining.com/trumps-belar...mining.comTrump’s Belarus potash plan may have limited biteAnalysts say logistics, limited supply and global pricing make Belarus an unlikely replacement for Canadian potash. 171
Reposted by Elizabeth VBrandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026For those that don't know: The Fort Hays State University's Sternberg Museum has been an important institution for the study, preservation, and exhibition of U.S. Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway fossils for more than a century. 1278
Reposted by Elizabeth VFossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Oh no! The Sternberg museum is also closing! hayspost.com/posts/f38333... 41011
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m still thinking about this. Before last night I thought Kristi Noem being on a mining company’s BoD was the most absurd thing in mining. I was wrong. 142
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Voting for that cute lead phosphate #pyromorphite today #MinCup26 0152
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When I read mining news, I always look up the companies to see their projects and who’s on the board to see if I know anyone. This is how I usually realize which companies are sketchy, or at least appear that way. Well today I saw this article: www.mining.com/greenland-mi...mining.comGreenland Mines says US pact could strengthen mineral supplyThe company is proposing a North Atlantic Critical Metals Corridor linking the territory’s resources with downstream processing. 3256
Reposted by Elizabeth VFlightradar24 @flightradar24.com · 21/09/2026New York airports JFK and La Guardia have now been added to the list of airports ground stopped (flights to those airports are held on the ground at their origin) due to the FAA equipment outage. All airports affected now: JFK LGA EWR TEB PHL HPN 910952
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Belarus is the second largest potash producer in the world after Canada. It’s also one of Russia’s closest allies and we had sanctions on their potash until this admin decided to go to war with Iran and then got scared about fertilizer so we got rid of sanctions after they released some prisoners 292
Reposted by Elizabeth VDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff. 8390191
Reposted by Elizabeth VEle Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Julienite is just some blue mineral (which beat Calcite! 😩) so I am voting Putnisite for the distinct pleochroism of its purple to blue-grey crystals. Plus it is named, in part, after a woman in STEM (which is shockingly rare!) mineralogist Christine Putnis and her spouse Andrew. #MinCup26 13411
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The US Dept of Energy offers industry surplus aluminum, cesium-137, chloride, copper, fluorine, lead, lithium hydride, platinum, selenium, silver, tungsten and vanadium “from past nuclear weapons production and government-sponsored energy research”. www.mining.com/us-doe-looks...mining.comUS DOE looks to industry for critical minerals cleanup at legacy sitesMaterials subject to the EOI are aluminum, cesium, chloride, copper, fluorine, lead, lithium hydride, platinum, selenium, silver, tungsten and vanadium. 283
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m sure an island made of artificial fill and at sea level in the Potomac River is the perfect place to build such a complex 292
Elizabeth V @geolizzy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I would like to vote for the soft purple one, but #quartz (specifically amethyst) was the mineral that got me interested in rocks and geology #MinCup26 1185