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UK secures £35m steel supply agreement for Türkiye’s Modern Rail Corridors

The announcement of a new £35 million rail supply contract marks a significant development for British steel manufacturing and for ongoing high-speed rail expansion in Türkiye. The agreement, to be f...

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University-led initiative assesses mine-water district energy in Cumberland, B.C.

Cumberland, British Columbia, is partnering with the University of Victoria-led Accelerating Community Energy Transformation (ACET) initiative to evaluate a district energy system that would use wate...

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PolyU deploys ai-enabled bridge inspection system across 11 Hong Kong bridges

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has unveiled an intelligent bridge inspection system that integrates proprietary non-destructive testing (NDT) technologies with advanc...

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Eight Michigan organizations receive NPS program grants for watershed priorities

On November 20, 2025, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced about $2.9 million in Nonpoint Source (NPS) Program grants to support eight projects designed to...

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Space-based quantum sensing project announced for resource exploration

On November 24, 2025, in Toronto, Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) announced it has been awarded a contract by the Luxembourg Space Agency to develop a novel space-based quantum gravimetry se...

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Cyclone Fina brings widespread infrastructure damage across Australia

Tropical Cyclone Fina swept past the Northern Territory with wind gusts exceeding 195 km/h, generating extensive damage across Darwin and nearby regions. The system intensified rapidly into a Categor...

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Αlabama announces $11 million for 2025 abandoned mine land economic revitalization program

The Alabama Department of Workforce’s Abandoned Mine Land Program (ADOW-AML) announced $11 million in federal grant funding for the 2025 Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program to...

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Edina reviews $20m pedestrian tunnel across France Avenue near Centennial Lakes

The City of Edina is evaluating a new pedestrian and bicycle crossing beneath France Avenue, a six-lane corridor that carries more than 27,000 vehicles per day. The proposed route would connect neigh...

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Arkansas allocates over $153 million for water and wastewater projects

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced more than $153 million in water and wastewater funding to support improvements to waterlines, sewer systems and septic programs. The funding will assist 52 e...

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Loose wire fault identified as root cause of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse

A detailed investigation has confirmed that a loose electrical wire aboard the container vessel involved in the 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge disaster initiated the sequence of failures that led to t...

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New Zealand and Iceland sign geothermal cooperation agreement at COP 30

New Zealand and Iceland signed a Memorandum of Arrangement on 20 November 2025 to deepen cooperation on geothermal energy development. The agreement was signed at COP 30 in Belem, Brazil, by Climate...

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The history of the Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, and has since been standing as a landmark synonym to the city of San Fransisco. It was constructed between 1933 and 1937 in the Bay Area, and...

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Calculation example - Find the bearing of an apparent dip (two symmetrical to full dip directions), given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the bearing of an apparent dip. Two directions noted, in which a given apparent dip occurs. Known values: Full dip direction = α...

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Calculation example - Find path gradients in different directions, given the rate and direction of full dip

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find path gradients in three different directions, (a) due N, (b) N 75o E, (c) due E. Known values: Full dip direction = N 30o E Full...

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Calculation example - Find the apparent dip of a plane or seam in any direction

Given the rate and direction of full dip of a plane or seam, find the apparent dip in any other direction. Known values: Horizontal length along full dip direction = x Full dip rate = 1 in x Sol...

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Calculation example - Find the rate of full dip of a plane or seam, given its direction and the rate and direction of an apparent dip

Given the direction of full dip and the rate and direction of an apparent dip of a plane or seam, find the rate of full dip. Known values: Full dip direction = α Apparent dip direction = &b...

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Calculation example - Seam true thickness and gradient calculation

A vertical borehole passes through a seam with a known dip at 43o. If the apparent thickness of the seam as shown by the borehole core is 2m, calculate: (a) the true thickness of the seam and (b) the...

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Calculation example - Find the coordinates of the intersection of two lines

Calculate the coordinates of the intersection of two lines given the coordinates of four stations. Known values: Coordinates A (EA, NA), B (EB, NB), C (EC, NC), D (ED, ND) i.e. A  &nbs...