Magmatic Nickel Deposits: The Needle in the Haystack
About 30% of the world’s nickel (Ni) comes from magmatic deposits. Despite accounting for a minority of Ni production, magmatic …
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How Low Can you go? The Challenges of Deep Mining
Resource depletion is one of the largest challenges facing the mining industry. The issues of declining grades and frequency of …
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In-situ leaching: a cleaner, greener, cheaper way to mine
Industrial mining is the foundation of modern society, everything that isn’t grown as a crop is ultimately derived from minerals …
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MIAC: the next big thing in Mineral Deposits?
Deposit models are the cornerstone of economic geology. They help us classify, understand, and find mineral deposits. Some deposits, however, …
Sudbury: Ancient Apocalypse to Modern Resource
Even among world-class deposits and districts, the Sudbury Basin stands out. Its’ uniqueness may be a good thing, because this …
Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper Deposits: The Future of Copper and Cobalt Mining?
Sediment-hosted Stratiform Copper (SSC) deposits have long been an important, but often overlooked, source of copper. Accounting for about 20% …
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Khoemacau: Africa’s Newest Copper-Silver Mine
Botswana has long been known for producing diamonds. The new Khoemacau Project is proving this underexplored region of Southern Africa …
The Morenci Copper Mine: 148 Years and Counting
The Morenci Copper Mine: 148 Years and Counting Most mines are lucky to last more than a decade or two. …
Great Deposits of the World – Mount Isa Zn-Pb-Ag; Cu Deposits
Located in the Mount Isa inlier of Queensland, Australia, the Mt Isa deposits represent the largest accumulations of lead, zinc …
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Mineral Processing Part 2
Introduction The area has been explored, the deposit has been modeled, and the ore has been extracted: now what? It’s …
