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        • Exploration Newsletter September 2024
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        • Reduced Swedish ore production in 2023 due to shaky world economy
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        • Exploration Newsletter February 2024
      • January
        • High levels of critical raw materials in mining waste from Bergslagen
        • Insights on the Ockelbo domain may affect future exploration
        • SGU’s airborne geophysical data from 2023 surveys are now available
    • 2023
      • November
        • Mining waste in Northern Lapland could be a future resource
        • Mine waste and artisanal and small-scale mining in focus at ITP308 in 2023
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        • New insights on Swedish mining waste may contribute to a circular economy
      • September
        • New Chief Mining Inspector appointed
        • Characteristics of granite in Bergslagen can show the way to findings of tungsten
        • Exploration Newsletter September 2023
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        • Investigating locations for carbon dioxide storage
        • Mining, Environment, and Sustainable Development at the ITP Conference in Rwanda
      • May
        • Stable production from Swedish mines despite uncertainties
      • April
        • EU groundwater on the agenda – SGU hosts meeting in Uppsala
      • February
        • Exploration Newsletter February 2023
      • January
        • More positive attitudes to mining in Sweden
        • Statistics of the Swedish Mining Industry 2021
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      • November
        • SGU requests modernization of the Continental Shelf Act
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        • Exploration Newsletter September 2022
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        • New decision-making procedures for permits to explore the continental shelf
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        • New report on contaminants in Swedish sea areas
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        • Exploration Newsletter March 2022
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        • New version of BetterGeo mod for Minecraft
      • November
        • The FRAME project shows the potential for critical raw materials in Europe
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        • Exploration Newsletter October 2021
      • September
        • The potential for critical metals and minerals in the Nordic bedrock is highlighted in a new report to the Nordic Council of Ministers
        • New bedrock maps over parts of the mountain region (Fjäll) in Swedish Lapland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten Counties, Sweden
        • Neue geologische Karten von Teilen des Fjälls in schwedisch Lappland in den Provinzen Västerbotten und Norrbotten
      • July
        • Webinar: UNs classification of natural resources
      • April
        • Interesting magmatic events at the Hárrevárddo intrusion in Norrbotten County
      • March
        • Potential for base metals and platinum group elements within the Bergslagen region
        • Exploration Newsletter March 2021
      • January
        • New bedrock maps from project Sydvästra Norrbotten
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        • The Geological Survey of Sweden develops innovative approaches for international training programme during the Covid-19 pandemic
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        • Exploration Newsletter October 2020
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        • Read more about FRAME
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        • Easier and more sustainable mapping of mineral resources using drones
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        • Smart Exploration project wins award
        • International knowledge exchange in the shadow of COVID-19
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        • Learn about raw materials, circular economy and sustainability with Minecraft - in school and at home!
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        • Exploration Newsletter March 2020
      • January
        • MineFacts - a collection of facts about mining, exploration and sustainability
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        • Report on innovation-critical metals now available in English
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      • July
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      • June
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      • April
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      • March
        • Sweden important when the EU looks for sources of critical raw materials
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        • Geochemical Atlas of Sweden – now online!
      • January
        • Call open for the next PanAfGeo WP4 course in Nigeria
        • New exploration technology will find the mineral resources of the future
    • 2018
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        • Call open for the International Training Programme 308
        • Mapping of innovation-critical metals and minerals
      • November
        • SGU participates in research to better evaluate and estimate undiscovered mineral resources
        • Knowledge exchange on mining and the environment in Gabon
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        • Exploration Newsletter August 2018
      • July
        • Now you can play BetterGeo in the new Minecraft
      • June
        • SGU supports accessibility to knowledge of Critical Metals and Minerals
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      • April
        • Environmental management of mines in Africa
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• ITP308: Mine water and mine waste management
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  • News
    • An update from the second-to-last year of ITP308
    • Spring news from ITP308
    • Mine waste and artisanal and small-scale mining in focus at ITP308 in 2023
    • Busier than ever: Mine water and mine waste management
    • ITP308-Mine water and mine waste management: Full steam ahead in a new suit
    • A new year and new training programmes
    • ITP 308- Mine water and mine waste management: Online training and update
    • Mining & Sustainability Conferences
    • Online conferences and courses during the pandemic
    • Continued work in the Mine water and mine waste management programme (ITP 308) during the Covid-19 pandemic
    • Mining, Covid-19 and digital material
    • The Swedish phase of the third ITP308 training is over
    • SGU in Ethiopia on mining and environmental issues
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  • Knowledge Platform
    • Introductory knowledge module
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    • Chapter 1: An introduction to minerals, ore and exploration
    • Chapter 2: An introduction to mining
    • Chapter 3: Mining and the environment
    • Chapter 4: Mining waste
    • Chapter 5: Sulphide minerals and acid rock drainage
    • Chapter 6: Governance of extractive industries
    • Chapter 7: Minimizing the environmental impact from sulphidic mine waste
    • Chapter 8: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
    • Chapter 9: Ore deposit geology
    • Chapter 10: Sampling
    • Chapter 11: Biodiversity and ecosystem services
    • Chapter 12: Tailings Storage Facility
    • Chapter 13: Suggested Reading
    • Quiz
      • Quiz: Chapter 1
      • Quiz: Chapter 2
      • Quiz: Chapter 3
      • Quiz: Chapter 4
      • Quiz: Chapter 5
      • Quiz: Chapter 6
      • Quiz: Chapter 7
      • Quiz: Chapter 8
      • Quiz: Chapter 9
      • Quiz: Chapter 10
      • Quiz: Chapter 12
    • Interactive Roleplay Exercise: Social impacts in mining
      • Introduction: Pangora
      • Scenario 1
        • Alternative 1
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