Author Archives: Nathaniel Bruno Ansah

Mexico nationalizes lithium mining

Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (Image courtesy of Mexican President’s Office.)

Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (Image courtesy of Mexican President’s Office.) The bill elevates lithium to the category of “strategic mineral”, declaring the exploration, exploitation, and use of lithium to be the exclusive right of the state. It also includes a clause allowing the state to take charge of “other minerals declared strategic” by Mexico. The executive […]

Company Plans to Dig World’s Deepest Hole to Unleash Boundless Energy

The geothermal startup Quaise Energy has raised $63 million in funding to tap Earth’s deep subterranean power. ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. See More → A company that plans to drill deeper into Earth than ever before, creating holes that would extend a record-shattering 12 miles under […]

Was plate tectonics operating on the Paleoarchean Earth?

Geological Society of Africa Seminar Series March Edition The Paleoarchean (/ˌpeɪlɪ.oʊ.ɑrˈkiːən/; also spelled Palaeoarchaean (Formerly known as early Archean)) is a geologic era within the Archaean. It spans the period of time 3,600 to 3,200 million years ago—the period being defined chronometrically and not referenced to a specific level in a rock section on Earth. […]

Outgoing President’s Speech and Handover Message

Prepared by Prof. Daniel Kwadwo Asiedu (GhIG President 2019- 21). Mr. Chairman, GhIG Council members, Newly Elected Officers of the GhIG, General Membership of GhIG, Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure, to be standing in front of you on this day, 16th of December 2021, exiting my position as the President of GhIG […]