{"id":1157196,"date":"2019-12-24T14:30:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=938308"},"modified":"2019-12-24T14:30:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T20:30:03","slug":"mining-com-top-10-most-popular-posts-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1157196","title":{"rendered":"MINING.COM: Top 10 most popular posts of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most read articles of the year on MINING.COM cover the range of current themes in the global mining industry. <\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 300,000 readers flocked to the ten stories below, and the posts are reflective of the issues the mining community is dealing with going into the new decade.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not surprising a gold market story topped the list. A sharp drop a week after the gold price hit a six-year high is bound to get attention, as is a prediction that the rally has run its course (so far that forecast holds true). Just outside the top ten is another gold piece with a prediction that could prove true in 2020: billionaire <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Frank Guistra predicting an &quot;explosive&quot; gold marke (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/frank-giustra-predicts-explosive-gold-market\/\" >Frank Giustra expects an &#8220;explosive&#8221; gold market<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>At number two is an article that shows the interest of MINING.COM&#8217;s readers span the whole spectrum of the industry, including mining&#8217;s fascinating history<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At number two is an article that shows the interest of MINING.COM&#8217;s readers span the whole spectrum of the industry, including mining&#8217;s fascinating history. Automation has become a top concern for mining companies and their workers and a story early this year about how driverless trucks can malfunction came in at number four ahead of another issue the global mining community is grappling with \u2013 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"climate change (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/minings-unlikely-heroines-greta-thunberg-and-aoc\/\" >climate change<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Two battery metals pieces make the top ten for 2019 and these and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"other (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/chinese-electric-vehicle-makers-gorging-nickel\/\" >other<\/a> popular <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"articles (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/category\/battery-metals\/\" >articles<\/a> on the topic show that EVs and particularly the fast-moving research into new battery technologies and its implications for mining are top of mind for readers.<\/p>\n<p>Iron ore and coking coal had a tumultuous year with the price of the steelmaking ingredients moving in opposite directions (our 7th most read article of the year). The copper market is likely to dominate headlines in the coming years with future supply a major factor in the current <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"rally (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/web\/doctor-copper-ends-2019-with-a-new-found-spring-in-his-step\/\" >rally<\/a>  MINING.COM&#8217;s ranking of the top ten copper projects in development around the world is at number eight.<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the top ten is a moonshot project, literally. European scientists have announced plans to start&nbsp;mining the moon&nbsp;as early as 2025, mostly to extract nuclear fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the most popular posts from 1 to 10 this year:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gold-face-red-eye-333.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-760519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gold-face-red-eye-333.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gold-face-red-eye-333-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gold-face-red-eye-333-250x208.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gold-face-red-eye-333-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/chart-gold-price-suffers-biggest-fall-in-6-years\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">CHART: Gold price suffers biggest fall in six years<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The trades that crushed December-delivery gold in morning trade came in three short bursts of 1moz-plus sell orders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75362438_2933465880014188_5790655730885328896_o.jpg\" alt=\"Archaeologist finds uncommon social relations at Montana mining town\" class=\"wp-image-1007315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75362438_2933465880014188_5790655730885328896_o.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75362438_2933465880014188_5790655730885328896_o-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/75362438_2933465880014188_5790655730885328896_o-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/archaeologist-finds-uncommon-social-relations-at-montana-mining-town\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Archaeologist finds uncommon social relations at Montana mining town (opens in a new tab)\">Archaeologist finds uncommon social relations at Montana mining town<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>19th century miners working in Highland City, Montana, had a level of societal integration uncommon in North America at the time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/finance_trader_base_jump_fall_prices_600.jpg\" alt=\"Three reasons gold price rally is over\" class=\"wp-image-223220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/finance_trader_base_jump_fall_prices_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/finance_trader_base_jump_fall_prices_600-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/three-reasons-gold-price-rally-is-over\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Three reasons gold price rally is over (opens in a new tab)\">Three reasons gold price rally is over<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Drivers for the rally in the gold price \u2013 weakening global growth, safe haven demand and low interest rates \u2013 are now baked into the price.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Driverless trucks are not flawless: Two crash at Fortescue mine in Australia\" class=\"wp-image-970898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/driverless-trucks-not-flawless-two-crash-fortescue-mine-australia\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine (opens in a new tab)\">Not so autonomous: Wifi outage results in driverless truck crash at Fortescue mine<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The truck was traveling at low speed and crashed into another that was parked at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Pilbara region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mining%E2%80%99s-unlikely-heroines-%E2%80%93-AOC-and-Greta-Thunberg-.jpg\" alt=\"Mining\u2019s unlikely heroines \u2013 AOC and Greta Thunberg\" class=\"wp-image-1005626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mining\u2019s-unlikely-heroines-\u2013-AOC-and-Greta-Thunberg-.jpg 955w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mining\u2019s-unlikely-heroines-\u2013-AOC-and-Greta-Thunberg--300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Mining\u2019s-unlikely-heroines-\u2013-AOC-and-Greta-Thunberg--768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/minings-unlikely-heroines-greta-thunberg-and-aoc\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mining\u2019s unlikely heroines \u2013 Greta Thunberg and AOC (opens in a new tab)\">Mining\u2019s unlikely heroines \u2013 Greta Thunberg and AOC<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Exponential expansion of global mining is the dirty little secret \u2013 and glaring blind spot \u2013 of Green New Deal evangelists and zero-carbon climate warriors<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ryan-student-lab_resized_tcm18-306235.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-977901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ryan-student-lab_resized_tcm18-306235.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Ryan-student-lab_resized_tcm18-306235-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/scientists-find-new-way-power-electric-cars-using-cobalt\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Scientists find new way to power electric cars using cobalt (opens in a new tab)\">Scientists find new way to power electric cars using cobalt<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a technique that uses only water, carbon dioxide and cobalt metal particles that have surface nanostructures measuring billionths of a meter in size, to produce hydrogen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/china_coal_renewables.jpg\" alt=\"Iron ore price plunges, \u201cpanic\u201d selling of coking coal\" class=\"wp-image-846312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/china_coal_renewables.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/china_coal_renewables-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/china_coal_renewables-550x306.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/china_coal_renewables-250x139.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/iron-ore-price-plunges-panic-selling-of-coking-coal\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Iron ore price plunges, \u201cpanic\u201d selling of coking coal (opens in a new tab)\">Iron ore price plunges, \u201cpanic\u201d selling of coking coal<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Traders are concerned about a further drop in demand with the import quotas at Chinese ports nearly exhausted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/udokan-baikal-russia-metalloinvest-tunnel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-940632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/udokan-baikal-russia-metalloinvest-tunnel.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/udokan-baikal-russia-metalloinvest-tunnel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/udokan-baikal-russia-metalloinvest-tunnel-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/featured-article\/ranked-top-10-copper-mining-projects-in-the-world\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world (opens in a new tab)\">RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Of the identified&nbsp;copper&nbsp;still to be extracted, about 65% is found in just five countries: Chile, Australia, Peru, Mexico, and the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-very-light-gray-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1225px-Tesla_Model_3_Charging_35418233244.jpg\" alt=\"Researchers in Canada develop million-mile lithium-ion battery\" class=\"wp-image-1003493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1225px-Tesla_Model_3_Charging_35418233244.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1225px-Tesla_Model_3_Charging_35418233244-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1225px-Tesla_Model_3_Charging_35418233244-768x428.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/researchers-in-canada-develop-million-mile-lithium-ion-battery\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Researchers in Canada develop million-mile lithium-ion battery (opens in a new tab)\">Researchers in Canada develop million-mile lithium-ion battery<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The cells\u2019 ratio of energy storage ability to weight is 20% higher than that of the cathodes used in lithium-ion batteries used in electronic devices<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/resource-prospector-carrying-payload-.jpg\" alt=\"Mining the moon ready to lift off by 2025\" class=\"wp-image-974378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/resource-prospector-carrying-payload-.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/resource-prospector-carrying-payload--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/resource-prospector-carrying-payload--768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mining.com\/mining-moon-ready-lift-off-2025\/\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Mining the moon ready to lift off by 2025 (opens in a new tab)\">Mining the moon ready to lift off by 2025<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>European scientists have announced plans to start&nbsp;mining the moon&nbsp;as early as 2025, though what they\u2019ll be extracting is neither gold nor diamonds, but waste-free nuclear energy thought to be worth trillions of dollars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a tumultuous year in mining and the most read articles of 2019 show an industry grappling with technological change, market volatility  and climate change, but still unafraid to take 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