Mining Volcanoes: Diamonds, Copper and Hot Water

Rindfleisch
Published on May 10, 2021
Volcanoes provide many natural resources, such as diamonds and copper, from which society can benefit. Volcanoes can be a major energy and resource.

A lecture by Richard Herrington, Head of Earth Sciences at the Natural History Museum 17 April 2019

https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mining-volcanoes

Volcanoes provide many natural resources from which society can benefit. Diamonds and most of the worldâ€™s copper are mined from eroded extinct volcanoes while many active volcanoes offer the possibility of extracting huge amounts of geothermal energy. The volcanic processes that transport diamonds to the Earthâ€™s surface and enrich copper beneath volcanoes, show how volcanoes can be a major energy and resource.

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