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Hendrik G. van Oss

Economic and geologist

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Private Sector & Development author

Hendrik van Oss is an economic geologist who since 1996 has worked for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Minerals Information Center as a commodity specialist covering cement, ferrous slags, and coal combustion byproducts. Between 1988-1995, he was a country specialist with the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and prior to that, he spent a decade in the mineral (chiefly gold) exploration industry in the western United States.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), established in 1879, is the major scientific agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, and conducts studies of the overall geological and biological framework of the United States (and overseas), with the emphasis on mineral resources; geological, biological, and topographical mapping; geological hazards; and water resources.