Essays about: "iron ore mine"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 essays containing the words iron ore mine.

1. 1. A Geophysical Survey of Northern Utö

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för geologiska vetenskaper

   Author : Nicole Flanders; [2023]
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   Abstract : A geophysical investigation on the northern part of Utö was carried out between 2020 and 2021 to asses the extent of the iron ore (BIFs) and the iron bearing sulfides that have been surveyed and mined in the past. The survey using analog field equipment combined magnetometry, gravimetry, susceptibility, leveling, density, and thin-section microscopy. READ MORE

3. 2. Mining for Whose Future? The Recycling of Narratives for Continuous Extraction : A discursive study of the Gállok mine

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Julia Engström; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Justice; Sámi rights; Gállok; Critical Discourse Analysis; Green growth; Green transition; Mining;

   Abstract : The Exploitation of land for economic growth has been an ongoing issue for locals’ rights to land, especially indigenous people. In Sweden, EU’s largest producer of Iron ore, the conflict between the State, indigenous Sámi, and mining industries have caused many controversies over the years, where mining projects repeatedly infringe upon land inhabited by Sámi. READ MORE

4. 3. Petrophysical Properties of Rocks in Central Kiruna Mining District, Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Simon Peter Dagbui; [2023]
   Keywords : Kiruna mining district; Common earth model; petrophysics; density; AMS; complex electrical resistivity; NRM; magnetization; IOA; Kirunavaara Mineralization;

   Abstract : High economic and metallogenic significance of northern Norrbotten ore district in Sweden which hosts Kiruna mining district makes it a very important ore district in the world. Northern Norrbotten ore district contributes a combined 90 percent of iron production in Europe. READ MORE

5. 4. Geological characterization of rock samples by LIBS and ME-XRT analytical techniques

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Geovetenskap och miljöteknik

   Author : Nsioh Elvis Nkioh; [2022]
   Keywords : geological characterization; analytical techniques; LIBS; ME-XRT; SEM; element maps; SEM-EDS; secondary electrons; rock samples; automated ore microscopy; SEM-Zeiss Merlin; element weight percentages; element oxide percentages; scanning techniques; analytical methods; laser induced breakdown spectrometry; multi energy x-ray transmission; scanning electron microscope; carbon coating; mineralogical classification; element composition; rock chemistry; rock chemical composition;

   Abstract : One of the major challenges in earth sciences and mineral exploration has been to determine with high accuracy and at a fast rate the elemental composition as well as the general chemistry of a rock sample. Many analytical techniques e.g. READ MORE

6. 5. Opposing ‘green’ extractivism: Voices of resistance in the case of the Gállok iron mine, Sápmi

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Elena Maria Gnant; [2022]
   Keywords : political ecology; ’green’ extractivism; energy transition; frontier racism; colonial capitalism; Sámi resistance; just transition; Sápmi; Gállok; Kallak; Jåhkåmåhkke; Jokkmokk; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Embedded in a history of global colonial capitalism and the system’s crisis ridden tendencies and fixes for capital accumulation, extractivism increases globally. The intensive exploitation of resources is increasingly framed as compatible with and necessary to climate change mitigation for the possibility of a low-carbon future, opening new extractive frontiers through a path of ‘green’ extractivism (GE). READ MORE