Quartz can help predict, manage wildfires
The intensity of quartz luminescence is higher in sediments that have been exposed to wildfires.
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Alcoa starts job cuts at alumina refinery in Western Australia
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Brazil’s Batista brothers to invest $1 billion to boost iron ore mines
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Canadian technology company creates metals supply chain software to combat fraud
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