From desert to gold mine — Frederick Reines was a larger-than-life physicist who did experiments.

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is acknowledged to provide incomes tens of millions individuals around the world, yet systematic data on miners' earnings are lacking. We developed a sampling method survey tools suited for collection applied it stratified random sample 453 miners in largest town Congo's South Kivu province. Our research design allows us study how much artisanal gold earn,...

Mining causes changes to the environment and rehabilitation is necessary at mine closure. There is a lack of appropriate frameworks for mine site rehabilitation. In most cases, restoring the mine to previous conditions is challenging. Alternatively, mining companies can engineer ecosystems to suit new site conditions and aim for a self-sustaining and resilient ecosystem. In ecosystem design the...