The extraction of mineral resources provides the raw materials necessary to produce the products and technologies on...... more

Virginia was one of the first major gold-producing states in the U.S., but it has seen only limited and intermittent...... more

processes, allowing new science questions to be asked and answered. As this measurement precision increases, so does the need...... more

of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource...... more

to professionals in the earth sciences and the environmental community as well as concerned policymakers....... more