Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

Mineral Monday is a weekly video series exploring the many amazing minerals, fossils, and historic objects on display at the W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum as told by museum ...

The exploration for new oil, gas or metals is now a multibillion-dollar complex business. This industry has always been high-risk, as required investments are often large and do not always justify ...

Ore Deposits are sparkly black rocks found in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom that you can crack open to get precious minerals. These valuable deposits are often found in most caves systems ...

Australia and China edge back towards a trade war as a double header minerals dispute involving rare earths and iron ore breaks out ...

The lithium-rich rocks found north of Abidjan could turn Ivory Coast in Africa into a new key player in the battery market.

In a remote part of Western Australia, geologists have uncovered a mineral deposit of staggering size—one that promises to rewrite not only the map of global iron production but also our understanding ...

Researchers have found a way to predict minerals missing from those known to science, where to find them, and where to look for new deposits of valuable minerals such as gold and copper. Applying big ...

Economic-grade deposits of copper are hard to find. The aluminium content of magmatic rocks at the surface may provide an indicator of ore deposits buried deep below. You have full access to this ...

The past few months, we’ve been giving you a quick rundown of the various ways ores form underground; now the time has come ...

New Delhi: Scientists have discovered what is being described as the largest iron ore deposit ever recorded. The discovery has been made in Western Australia. The iron ore is estimated at 55 billion ...

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