Introduction to the I2M Web Portal
This I2M Web Portal is made available to clients, I2M Associates, geoscientists, and the general public worldwide with a focus on geoscientific and other matters of interest to I2M management. Searches can be conducted using single words, phrases or exact phrases (if you put them in quotes), for example: a simple phrase might be "Russian interests in U.S. uranium" whereas an exact phrase is "critical minerals".
I2M Consulting personnel also monitor hazardous field conditions around the world via our Field Alerts program, cybersecurity conditions on the Internet in our Security Alert program, and relevant bias in the Media in our Confronting Media Bias Alerts program.
Candidate papers, technical news items, classic reports, and new publications can be submitted to the I2M Web Portal editors for review. Those deemed worthy are summarized, abstracted, and/or reviewed with [Editorial comments...] and are included in this database appearing under What’s New. Some technical news announcements, short articles, or summaries are captured in total because they are deemed important in case they are later removed by publishers. They will remain as records in the I2M Web Portal database indefinitely.
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This database contains 12,450 records as of February 1, 2023. Additional details are available at About the I2M Web Portal.
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Society conflicts, and training issues involving Artificial Intelligence, various Agencies, Colleges, Universities... as well as those related to Non-Science Issues (Creationism, Intelligent Design, etc.), plus related U.S. and world economic issues.
Resources relating to astrogeology, off-world natural resource exploration and development, planet defense, and associated news of space developments. Also including information related to off-world activities, such as the development of robotics, health issues of zero gravity, and to serious reports of extraterrestrial matters that may create unintended consequences for humans.
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Biological resources relating to natural-resource development, biomedical research, environmental remediation, critters of the past, and conservation.
Biomass and derived biofuels related resources...
Climate Change (Global Warming or Cooling) resources and related issues, both political and technical, including CO2 sequestration, and Anthropocene issues.
Resources for various services and companies of possible interest to clients, associates, and geoscientists.
Resources relating to mining and environmental topics on natural resource development and industrial remediation.
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Resources from various related U.S. government agencies and state resources
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Energy Information Administration (EIA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Budgets and Spending, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), State Resources, TCEQ - Texas, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), US Geological Survey (USGS)
Various useful resources such as related research journals, technical tools, databases, glossaries...
Geo- and hydrochemistry resources relating to oil & gas development and the various associated fields of interest.
Geophysics, Environmental, Geological, Geotech subjects that apply to energy, mining and environmental issues of the day, and the associated applications of interest to I2M management.
Geospatial resources relating to oil & gas development and the associated energy, mining and environmental uses and applications.
Geothermal energy resources and associated issues...
Health and safety resources related to traveling overseas, mining, oil and gas development and production and environmental projects. Also includes cyber-security issues.
Related to hydroelectric dams and pumped storage of water to create electrical or mechanical power.
The latest resources involving hydrogeology, geology, and the related environmental issues...
Resources with distinct international impacts that may or may not have applications in the U.S.
To this must added recent ideas on society responses to future issues related to natural resource development and use.
Resources related to general mining subjects but not to nuclear, coal or other energy resources.
Critical Mineral Resources, Deep Sea Mining, Gold-Silver Exploration & Mining Projects, Lithium, Potash, Halite, & P2O5 Mining Projects, Mineral Exploration Activities - General, Off-World Exploration, Mining, & Technology, Other Metals, Other Non-Metals, Silver Exploration & Mining, Wastes & Environmental Issues
Information related nuclear power plants, nuclear power generation of electricity, associated economics, SMRs
Includes all oil and gas-related resources, i.e., gas hydrates, oil sand, tar sands, etc.
Local, national, and international geological societies and associations.
This category includes discussions on rare earth deposits, mining and associated economic assessments
International regulations related resources...
Renewable energy related resources...
Risk Assessment subjects associated with natural occurrences or with those applicable to mining, oil & gas, or other industrial activities and their waste products.
Solar energy related resources...
Toxicological-related resources associated with natural occurrences or those applicable to mining, oil & gas, or other industrial activities and waste products.
Uranium (nuclear minerals) exploration, development and related environmental resources and issues...
Exploration, Mining, Marketing, & Acquisitions, Mapping and Geospatial Information, Nuclear Power - Economics, Design, & Industry, Other, RTGs, Thorium, Helium-3, & Fusion Research, Recovery, Remediation and other Mining-Related Technology, Related Environmental Issues, Yellowcake and Fuel Processing Processing
Wind energy related resources...
Latest 10 Resources
Aurora Energy Metals is an ASX-listed company focused on the exploration and development of its flagship, the 100% owned Aurora Energy Metals Project in south-east Oregon, USA. Boasting the USA’s largest, mineable, measured and indicated uranium deposit (MRE: 107.3Mt @ 214 ppm U3O8 for 50.6 Million lbs U3O8) with a shallow high-grade core of 18 Million tons @ 485 ppm U3O8 for 19.2 Million lbs U3O8.
The high-grade resource is 99.5% in the measured and indicated JORC category and the project has a clear pathway to development...
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Rao reported on April 17 2024 scientists in South Korea recently broke a record in a nuclear fusion experiment. For 48 seconds, they sustained a temperature seven times that of the sun’s core. But generating commercially viable energy from nuclear fusion still remains more science fiction than reality. Meanwhile, its more reliable sibling, nuclear fission, has been powering our world for many decades.
In this graphic, we visualized the top producers of nuclear energy by their share of the global total, measured in terawatt hours (TWh). D...
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Korea Times reporter, Dong-hwan, wrote in mid-April 2024 that AI-powered monitoring, quake-proof tests boost Korea's export competitiveness. Digital twin technology, now under development for application by Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), will enable the firm to monitor and control the country's 26 nuclear power generating units more effectively than ever before, according to the state-run company Friday.
Researchers at AIMD Center inside Korea Hydro...
InterGroup Mining reported in 2024 that The Brilliant Brumby Project covers more than 100 km2 in an under explored gold district of the Charters Towers Gold Province, [as first indentified by I2M in 2012 (here and 4 mins 12 sec into 2012 video)].
The Charters Towers region has produced more than 20 million ounces (Moz) since being originally discovered in the late 19th century. The gold deposits are known for their large size and continuation to depth.
The best gold discoveries to date are along a prominent 2 km trend called the B...
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WNA reported in Agusgust of 2023 that:
- Australia's uranium has been mined since 1954, and three mines are currently operating. More are planned.
- Australia's known uranium resources are the world's largest – almost one-third of the world total.
- In 2022 Australia produced 4820 tonnes of U3O8 (4087 tU). In 2022 it was the world’s fourth ranking producer, producing 8% of global uranium.
- All Australia’s uranium production is exported.
- Australia uses no nuclear power, but with high reliance on coal any likely carbon constraints on electri...
WNN reported in late March 2024 that Western Australia is home to a "considerable share" of Australia's uranium but cannot capitalize on this, due to the state government's 2017 ban on uranium mining, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCIWA) notes in its report.
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Yeelirrie: One of Four Uranium Projects Excluded from the Ban (Image: Cameco Australia)
The ban conditionally excludes four uranium projects that had already received ministerial approval from the previous gove...
WNN reported in mid-April 2024 that Anfield Energy Inc has submitted its production reactivation plan for the Shootaring Canyon uranium mill to the State of Utah's Department of Environmental Quality. The Vancouver-based company said it is targeting the mill restart for 2026 - it has been on standby since 1982.
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Shootaring Canyon Uranium Proessing Plant, Utah (Image: Anfield Resources)
The plan outlines an increase in mill throughput capacity to 1000 tonnes of ore per day from 750...
Editorial - Nuclear Energy Offers a Climate Change Solution - 2024 
Nuclear Power Industry
Date posted: 04/14/24
Stein opined in mid-April 2024 that during last December’s U.N. climate change conference, more than 20 countries from four continents launched the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy. The Declaration recognizes the crucial role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and keeping the 1.5 degree goal within reach.
Among the signers were the U.S., Canada, France, Finland, the U.K., and 11 other European countries, Japan, Korea, Ghana, Jamaica, Morocco and Mongolia.
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EnCore Energy is a major uranium mining company specializing in in-situ recovery (aka mining) of uranium in sandstones in the U.S. In-Situ Recovery (ISR) offers a minimally intrusive, eco-friendly, and economically competitive approach to mineral extraction. It’s been proven a successful technique for obtaining uranium, especially from lower-grade deposits that might not warrant conventional open pit or underground mining due to costs.
Unlike traditional mining, ISR doesn’t involve open pits, waste dumps, or tailings, making it more envir...
Xiao and Zhang eported in erarly 2024 that allanite is commonly encountered as an accessory rare-earth silicate mineral in association with minerals such as garnet, biotite, and feldspar. It is distributed globally and occurs in igneous formations such as granites, pegmatites, and syenites, as well as in various metamorphic rocks such as schist, gneiss, and amphibolite.
Allanite from the Seward Penisula, Alaska (Campbell, et al, 2018)
Moreover, it can be found in mineral ve...
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