Limestone: Commodity Overview
Limestone is one of the most important and versatile industrial mineral commodities. It is a crucial mineral in the making […]
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Important mined minerals, metals and other commodities including their uses and sources.
Limestone is one of the most important and versatile industrial mineral commodities. It is a crucial mineral in the making […]
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Lithium (Li) is a metallic element that is most often found in granitic “pegmatites” (intrusive igneous rocks), brines (salty solutions),
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Silica Silica (SiO2) occurs naturally as crystalline quartz, some less important forms of quartz, and opal. Quartz can be found
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If you ask the proverbial ‘person on the street’ what they think of mining and mineral exploration, the obvious response
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Uranium was discovered by Martin Klaproth in 1789. He named this new found discovery after Uranus, in honor of the
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Man’s first and mostly unintentional use of nickel began with making pottery and tools as early as 3500BC, but it’s intentional
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Phosphate is a basic ingredient for some proteins and is important in the development of bones and teeth in animals. It
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There are 17 rare earth elements or REE for short. They include the 15 lanthanides, plus scandium (Sc) and yttrium
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Tungsten is the 74th element on the periodic table and is closely related to both chromium and molybdenum. Tungsten has
Tin is number 50 on the periodic table of the elements. It has the symbol Sn, which is an abbreviation