Silica and Diatomite: Commodity Overview
Silica Silica (SiO2) occurs naturally as crystalline quartz, some less important forms of quartz, and opal. Quartz can be found …
Commodities
Important mined minerals, metals and other commodities including their uses and sources.
Bulking Up – The Basic Mined Commodities That Drive Modern Life
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: Commodity Overview
Uranium was discovered by Martin Klaproth in 1789. He named this new found discovery after Uranus, in honor of the …
Nickel: Commodity Overview
Man’s first and mostly unintentional use of nickel began with making pottery and tools as early as 3500BC, but it’s intentional …
Phosphates: Commodity Overview
Phosphate is a basic ingredient for some proteins and is important in the development of bones and teeth in animals. It …
Rare Earth Elements
There are 17 rare earth elements or REE for short. They include the 15 lanthanides, plus scandium (Sc) and yttrium …
Tungsten
Tungsten is the 74th element on the periodic table and is closely related to both chromium and molybdenum. Tungsten has …
Tin
Tin is number 50 on the periodic table of the elements. It has the symbol Sn, which is an abbreviation …
Diamonds – Where They Are Found and Why
Like gold, diamonds were originally recovered from alluvial deposits. However, unlike gold, the actual mining of diamonds from source deposits …
Platinum Group Metals
There are six platinum group metals or PGMs . The group comprises; platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), …
