Atmospheric mining

Atmospheric mining is the process of extracting valuable materials or other non-renewable resources from the atmosphere. Due to the abundance of hydrogen and helium in the outer planets of the Solar System, atmospheric mining may be easier than mining terrestrial surfaces.

History of atmospheric mining

Atmospheric mining of outer planets has not yet begun.

Types of atmospheric mining

Hydrogen mining

Hydrogen may fuel chemical and nuclear propulsion.

Helium mining

Helium-3 may fuel nuclear propulsion.

Methane mining

Methane may fuel chemical propulsion.

Exploration for atmospheric mining

Hydrogen and helium are abundant in outer planets.

Methods of atmospheric mining

Aerostats

An aerostat would be a buoyant station in the atmosphere that gathers and stores gases. A vehicle would transfer the gases from the aerostat to an orbital station above the planet.

Scoopers

A scooper would be a vehicle that gathers and transfers gases from the atmosphere to an orbital station.

Cruisers

A cruiser would be a vehicle in the atmosphere that gathers and stores gases. A smaller vehicle would transfer the gases from the cruiser to an orbital station.

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Slovenian fine dining experience opens in abandoned coal mine that claimed 31 lives

Metro UK 16 Nov 2019

The Velenje mine’s new 160-metre deep dinner (Picture ... Above all, in coal mines there’s methane ... ‘That gas is always present and during the history of this mine, there were two large explosions of methane, when 31 miners died within a month.’ ... The Velenje mine’s new pop up event ... Due to the risk of methane explosion, dishes are prepared above the mine....

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Methane emissions from coalmines could stoke climate crisis – study

The Observer 15 Nov 2019

Sharp rise in methane levels threatens world climate targets ... Oil producers could end methane leaks at zero cost if companies trap the greenhouse gas and sell it on to manufacturers, the IEA said, but capturing the emissions from coalmines would be technically tricky because the concentration of methane released by the mines is often very low....

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Native Americans deserve strong air pollution standards

The Jamestown Sun 15 Nov 2019

... remove pollution standards for the oil and gas industry and put communities like mine in danger ... The EPA has a responsibility to defend the health and safety of American families like mine, and that means strengthening protections against methane pollution, not rolling them back....

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Federal court halts West Elk Coal Mine expansion

Crested Butte News 13 Nov 2019

Gunnison County commissioners had written a letter of support for the project to the USFS in 2017, with the stipulation that Mountain Coal Company and the county work out how to capture the methane from the mine expansion rather than allowing it to escape into the atmosphere....

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Environmental groups notch win after judge halts Colorado coal mine expansion

Montrose Press 12 Nov 2019

Brooke Jackson Friday that the Interior Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to consider alternatives to methane use and the mine’s potential impact to streams and fish ... The new mining plan called for 8.4 miles of roads and 43 methane drainage wells in the Sunset Roadless Area....

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Regulation rollback threatens health

The Bismarck Tribune 10 Nov 2019

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Court halts West Elk Mine expansion

Grand Junction Sentinel 09 Nov 2019

A judge has halted an expansion of underground coal mining in the North Fork Valley over the federal government’s failure to consider requiring flaring of the methane that would be produced, which would reduce greenhouse gas impacts ... ....

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Court halts mine expansion over methane flaring issue

Grand Junction Sentinel 09 Nov 2019

A judge has halted an expansion of underground coal mining in the North Fork Valley over the federal government's failure to consider requiring flaring of the methane that would be produced, which would reduce greenhouse gas impacts ... ....

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Rep. Joe Neguse stops in Frisco on Wednesday to tout CORE Act passage in US House

Summit Daily 07 Nov 2019

Keegan Swenson and Luis Mejia ride to Wheeler Pass in the Tenmile Range as part of the Breck Epic mountain bike race ... Courtesy Devon Balet / Breck Epic ... Rep ... Michael Bennet, the main sponsor of the bill in the Senate, approving of the bill after it included provisions allowing methane capture from mines in the Thompson Divide. Rep ... Senate....

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Canadian Natural Resources Limited Announces 2019 Third Quarter Results

Omaha World-Herald 07 Nov 2019

Also on a year over year basis our Thermal in situ assets operating costs improved by approximately 14% to $9.77/bbl and our Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading assets delivered an approximate 12% reduction in operating costs to $20.05/bbl of Synthetic Crude Oil ("SCO"), comparable to the record low of $19.97/bbl of SCO in Q4/18....

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Local officials laud US House passage of the CORE Act

Crested Butte News 06 Nov 2019

... withdrawing approximately 200,000 acres from future mining and mineral development, while preserving existing private property rights for leaseholders and landowners. It also creates a program to lease excess methane from nearby coal mines in and around the North Fork Valley....

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Rhino Resource Partners LP Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial and Operating Results

Omaha World-Herald 06 Nov 2019

... that Rhino owns or losses of any of its leasehold interests; Rhino’s ability to retain and attract senior management and other key personnel; material inaccuracy of assumptions underlying reclamation and mine closure obligations; and weakness in global economic conditions....

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More Renewables Will Mean Less Asthma and Heart Disease in the Midwest

truthout 04 Nov 2019

More wind and solar generation will mean less lung and heart disease, and no region stands to benefit more on a per megawatt-hour basis than the Midwest ... Chan School of Public Health ... Likewise, although the study considered fugitive methane, it did not account for all the costs of extracting fossil fuels, such as pollution related to coal mining....