Ore deposits are scarce. Their discovery consumes considerable time and resources and only about one in every thousand prospects explored by companies is eventually developed into a mine. Deposits ...

Tailings refer to the leftover waste material after valuable minerals are extracted from crushed ore, forming a slurry of rock particles, water and processing chemicals ...

Sphalerite is a very cool mineral. It is a beautiful, complex and diverse zinc sulfide (ZnS) mineral that also hosts a treasure trove of other critical elements. These include manganese, cadmium, ...

Belo Horizonte, Brazil--(Newsfile Corp. - December 4, 2025) - Atlas Critical Minerals Corporation (OTCQB: JUPGD) ("Atlas Critical Minerals" or the "Company"), a company focused on critical minerals ...

Mining billionaire Robert Friedland’s latest venture, Ivanhoe Atlantic, is reportedly lobbying the US government to add high-grade iron ore to the country’s list of critical minerals. The move aims to ...

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The G20’s new critical minerals framework wants to move Africa beyond raw exports so that mineral wealth creates jobs and ...