This edition covers recent events that have been hosted by the Society and the broader AusIMM, touches on other materials that may be of interest, and introduces the Committee.

Opponents say the project would threaten roads, wildlife, and even the night sky itself, not to mention the lifeblood of the South Rim: water. Proponents point to economic development to serve an ever-increasing number of visitors.

Three days of protests against a major mining conference in Australia have highlighted the resource sector’s role in achieving a low-carbon future was misunderstood, according to an economic geologist based in the United States.

Las Vegas is better known for its elaborate casinos, its high-rolling, jet-setting gamblers, its incredible buffets and, of course, A-list entertainers — Elvis and Sinatra in the old days, and Celine Dion and Garth Brooks today. So how, on this good earth, did a Las Vegas-based firm, become the world’s second-largest producter of rare earth elements (REEs)?

MP Materials plans to establish the complete rare earth supply chain at the mine in less than four years, and its vision has joined a national conversation on restoring rare earth production in the United States.

MP Materials plans to establish the full rare earth supply chain at the mine in less than four years, and its vision has joined a national conversation on restoring rare earth production in the United States.

More than half a century after Neil Armstrong took mankind’s giant leap on the moon, another space race is heating up. This time, the promising new frontier for Earthlings is Mars, the planet next door.

Living in Geologic Time: Will desertification overtake Nevada’s half-million-year history of wetlands?

The space race to Mars is heating up, but the reality of getting earthlings to the red planet is much more challenging than some of the overly-zealous space folk make it seem. We’re looking at you, Elon Musk.

Elon Musk isn't going to stop tweeting about how humans can migrate from Earth to Mars. For a long time, Elon Musk has spoken about his intentions to send humans to Mars, and it appears that his plans aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

More than half a century after Neil Armstrong took mankind’s giant leap on the moon, another space race is heating up. This time, the promising new frontier for Earthlings is Mars, the planet next door.

One of the fondest dreams and top priorities of space science for years has been to bring a piece of Mars back to Earth to study in the kind of depth possible only in a cutting-edge laboratory.