South Korea has found an undetermined amount of rare earth minerals in a deposit in the eastern Gangwon province, state-run Korea Resources Corp said on Monday. The discovery came amid lingering tension over China's controls of its rare earth supplies, which account for 97 percent of global output. Read more
Open-Pit Mines Seen From Space People have become significant earth movers, outpacing all sources of natural erosion. More and more of our footprint can be seen from space in many forms, including cities, reservoirs, agriculture and deforestation. Among the most impressive human scars on the planet are open-pit mines.