Joel Scanlon

Digital Specialist and Founder of News-Medical.Net

Joel relocated to Australia in 1995 from the United Kingdom and spent five years working in the mining industry as an exploration geotechnician. His role involved utilizing GIS mapping and CAD software. Upon transitioning to the North Coast of NSW, Australia, Joel embarked on a career as a graphic designer at a well-known consultancy firm. Subsequently, he established a successful web services business catering to companies across the eastern seaboard of Australia. It was during this time that he conceived and launched News-Medical.Net. Joel has been an integral part of AZoNetwork since its inception in 2000. Joel possesses a keen interest in exploring the boundaries of technology, comprehending its potential impact on society, and actively engaging with AI-driven solutions and advancements.

Articles from Joel

Mugabe Makes Mine Grab

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is set to take over 51% of all mines operating in the country, including foreign owned mines. The guidelines for mine ownership in Zimbabwe will be published on Friday and will take effect in a week’s time.

10 Mar 2011

U.S. EPA Under Pressure to Speed Up Mining Permit Process

The Environment Protection Agency in the U.S. is may have to adhere to a deadline of 60 days for mining permit approvals if some law makers have their way. U.S. Reps. Hal Rogers of Kentucky and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia have brought in a Mining Jobs Protection Act into the House that will help protect Appalachian coal miners.

10 Mar 2011

Rio Extends Offer for Riversdale Mining

Rio Tinto has increased its offer for Riversdale Mining by 3% in a bid to break the shareholder standoff that has ensued after it made its first bid. The offer period has also been extended until April 1, 2011, the third time that it has been extended.

10 Mar 2011

Kuriskova’s Main Zone South Intersected Higher Grade Uranium Mineralization

Information about the second and third infill drill holes, LE-K-65 and LE-K-66 in the Main Zone South of the Kuriskova uranium deposit in Slovakia was announced by Tournigan Energy on March 7, 2011.

10 Mar 2011

Yale Identifies 20 Silver, Gold Veins at Los Amoles

An area of land surrounding the Los Amoles Property has been applied by Yale Resources through land staking.

10 Mar 2011

Sonora Resources to Continue Strike Extension of Mineralization

Sonora Resources has announced the expansion of its Los Amoles property size by an additional 1,960 hectares through land staking.

10 Mar 2011

Intersection of Wide Zone of Mineralization Grading at Leprechaun Gold Deposit

The intersection of a wide zone of mineralization grading 3.15 g/t Au over 21.5m including 9.78 g/t Au over 2m and 9.31 g/t over 2.5m in VL-11-250 located at the Leprechaun Gold Deposit has been declared by Marathon Gold and Mountain Lake Resources.

10 Mar 2011

Casablanca Mining Signs Lease Offer with Purchase Option Agreement

The progress achieved by Sociedad Sulfatos Chile, a copper sulfate subsidiary of Casablanca Mining, was declared by the company on March 8, 2011.

10 Mar 2011

Problems Ahead for Dharawal

The opposition leader Barry O’Farrell’s plan for a National Park near Sydney is unlikely to happen as it will affect a number of mining permits. O’Farrell has been treating the proposed park in the Dharawal State Conservative Area as his environmental platform for the elections. However previously unpublicized BHP Billiton mining licenses in the Dharawal State Conservation Area region have made the plan a legal nightmare.

9 Mar 2011

RBA Deputy Says Low Consumer Spending Allowing Mining to Boom

The assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lower said that near record terms of trade in the country were helping the boom in investments and profits. People were hiring more workers despite the rise in wages due to the high levels of productivity and profitability in the current time frame.

9 Mar 2011