Minerals

Tracing Precambrian Pathways: Neoproterozoic Rocks and Their Global Context

edited by Junyong Li, Jinlong Yao and Guangyi Wei

submission deadline 19 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 4945 | Submission Open

Keywords: petrogenesis; supercontinent; deep-crust process; neoproterozoic orogenesis; climate and marine environment; neoproterozoic resource effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Advances in Fine Particles and Bubbles Flotation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Liuyi Ren

and

Siyuan Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5847 | Submission Open

Keywords: fine particle flotation; microbubble flotation; bubble-particle flotation; bubble formation; bubble property; bubble modification; flocculation; agglomeration; interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Design, Modeling, Optimization and Control of Flotation Process, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fardis Nakhaei

and

Wengang Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3018 | Submission Open

Keywords: froth flotation processes; optimization tools; modelling and simulation; froth control; cell design; flotation kinetics; modification and improvement of flotation circuits; gas dispersion; RTD measurement and modelling; particle– bubble modelling; first principal modelling; experimental design; mechanical and column cells; pneumatic flotation cells; experimental design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Sulfide Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 2nd Edition

edited by

Gheorghe Damian

,

Andrei Buzatu

and

Andrei Ionuț Apopei

submission deadline 30 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: sulfides; sulfide mineralogy; sulfide geochemistry; ore deposits; trace elements; crystal structure; biomineralization and biominerals; mineral processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Advances in Precious and Critical Mineral Beneficiation and Extraction

edited by

Richmond K. Asamoah

,

Ahmet Deniz Baş

,

George Blankson Abaka-Wood

, Kali Sanjay and

Jonas Addai-Mensah

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 34755 | Submission Open

Keywords: precious and critical minerals; complex ore bodies; physical separation and beneficiation; biomining; hydrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; solvent extraction and ion exchange; wastes and secondary metal sources; recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Structure and Origin of Gold Mineralization: From Primary to Placer Gold Deposits

edited by

Javier Fernández Lozano

,

Erik Melchiorre

and

Pablo Caldevilla Domínguez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 27979 | Submission Open

Keywords: gold prospecting; biogeochemistry of gold; geochemical analysis; gold deposits; geophysical survey; remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Tailings Dams: Design, Characterization, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition

edited by

Masoud Zare-Naghadehi

and

Javad Sattarvand

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 27092 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterization of tailings deposits; geotechnical and condition monitoring of tailings dams; design issues and parameters of tailings dams; geotechnical and managerial risk assessment of tailings projects; case histories of failures or good design practices; modeling and simulation of tailings flows resulting from dam failure; dewatering technologies; closure of mine tailings dams; standards and guidelines; innovative tailings management approaches; environmental issues related to active/closed dams (such as dust emission; etc.)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Advances in Mantle–Crust Interactions for Petrogenesis and Ore-Forming Processes

edited by Feng Huang, Liang Guo, Xiyao Li,

Zhiwei Wang

and

Vinod O. Samuel

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 14 articles | Viewed by 20559 | Submission Open

Keywords: mantle– crust interactions; petrology; geochemistry; magmatic evolution; mineralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Critical Metal Minerals, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Ruoshi Jin,

,

, Yinhang Cheng,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 18264 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical metals; geologic characteristics and setting; geochemical exploration; statistical data analysis; mineral geochemistry; petrogenesis and ore genesis; 3D modeling; resource assessment; mineral processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Characterization and Reuse of Slag

edited by Eduardo Junca, Felipe Fardin Grillo and Jorge Luís Coleti

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 11 articles | Viewed by 14693 | Submission Open

Keywords: slag valorization; circular economy; slag processing; metallurgical byproduct

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Waste Valorization: Recycling and Recovery of Critical and Strategic Metals

edited by Elif Emil Kaya,

Srecko Stopic

and Duygu Yilmaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 13717 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and utilization of waste and industrial by-product; extraction of critical and strategic metals from mineral waste; EoL products; and industrial by-products; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; leaching; precipitation; solvent extraction; melting; hydrogen/metallothermic reduction; thermodynamical modeling and process simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Petrology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Modeling and Mapping of Volcanic/Igneous Reservoirs and Analog Volcanoes

edited by

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,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 11846 | Submission Open

Keywords: reservoir classification; reservoir characterization; reservoir exploration; reservoir inversion; reservoir space; facies architecture; petrophysics; volcanology; volcanostratigraphy; modelling; mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Recent Advances in Deep Ore Prospecting

edited by

Jiayong Yan

and Juzhi Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 11338 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep ore prospecting; advances in geophysics exploration; 3D geological modelling; mineral system exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Selected Papers from the 7th National Youth Geological Congress

edited by

Bo Liu

,

Lu Shi

, Hu Peng and

Wenyuan Gao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 16 articles | Viewed by 10952 | Submission Open

Keywords: regional geology; mineralization; strategic mineral resources; mineral exploration; deep engineering; mineral and ore genesis; environmental impact of mineral resources; environmental geochemistry; geo-environment and mineral resources

Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Applied to Determination of Rare Earth Elements and Critical Minerals

edited by

Chet R. Bhatt

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8668 | Submission Open

Keywords: REE detection; laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; in situ analytical techniques; i.e.; LIBS; atomic emission spectroscopy; rare earth element determination; material characterization techniques; LIBS applications for REEs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy: Application for Hydrocarbon Exploration and Ore Deposits

edited by

Thomas Gentzis

and

Ahmed Mansour

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7277 | Submission Open

Keywords: environments and mineral resources; elemental geochemistry; whole rock mineralogy; reservoir mineralogical characteristics; ore mineralogical composition; source rock evaluation; hydrocarbon exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Application of Machine Learning in Mining, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

edited by

Javier Ruiz del Solar

,

Humberto Estay

and Pia Lois-Morales

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6929 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning applied to mining; mineral processing; and extractive metallurgy; predictive modeling of mining and metallurgical processes; machine learning-based control of mining and metallurgical processes; machine learning-based water and energy optimization in mining; machine learning-based optimization of mining and metallurgical processes; predictive maintenance of equipment and components; optimization strategies and modeling of metallurgical process performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Risks Assessment, Management and Control of Mining Contamination, 2nd Edition

edited by

Elizabeth J. Lam Esquenazi

,

Jaume Bech

and Brian Keith Normabuena

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6159 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining; heavy metal contamination; tailings; mine reclamation; mining risks; acid mine drainage; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Green Mining Solutions for the Sustainability of Mine Tailings Management

edited by

Carlos Cacciuttolo

and

Edison Atencio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4897 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-disposal; dewatering; filtration; dry stacking; underground mine backfilling; in-pit disposal; mitigation of dust emission; climate change adaptation; circular economy; green reprocessing; reduce; reuse; and recycle; phytoremediation; landscape rehabilitation; sustainable mine closure; socio-environmental rehabilitation; post disaster remediation; sustainable geochemical management; geo-environmental issues

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Granitoids and Their Importance in the Identification of Tectonic Environments, Geodynamic Evolution and Crustal Growth: Mineralizations, Geochronology, Elemental and Isotope Geochemistry

edited by

Jaime Estevão Scandolâra

, Nilson Francisquini Botelho and

Paola Ferreira Barbosa

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 4151 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineralogy; petrology; geochemistry; isotopic composition; geochronology; mineral and rocks; ore deposits; tectonic setting; supercontinent; crustal growth

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Sediments

edited by

Hussein Kanbar

and Mathieu Le Meur

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3751 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment inorganic and organic geochemistry; geochemical signatures and fingerprints; contamination and pollution behavior; sediment mineralogy and weathering; emerging organic contaminants; natural and anthropogenic processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) in Non-Conventional Waters: Innovative Circular Economy Solutions for Mineral Formation, Environmental Remediation, and Sustainable Energy Production

edited by

Dayana Arias

and

Benito Gomez-Silva

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3387 | Submission Open

Keywords: Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP); non-conventional waters; bioremediation; mineral recovery; wastewater treatment; urease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biomineralization and Biominerals)

Challenges of Groundwater Quality Degradation in the Past Decades: Clues from Water–Minerals Interaction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xubo Gao

,

Chengcheng Li

and

Qianqian Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2811 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– mineral interaction; groundwater; coal-mine water; environmental biogeochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Petrology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of S-Type Granites and Migmatite Rocks

edited by Joana Ferreira and Gláucia Queiroga

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2584 | Submission Open

Keywords: anatexis; S-type granites; migmatites; geochemistry; geochronology; geophysics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Mineralogical and Mechanical Properties of Natural Building Stone

edited by Ana Maričić, Uroš Barudžija and

Stefano Columbu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2437 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural building stone; determination of properties; durability to weathering; decoration of natural stone; application of natural stone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Large Igneous Provinces, Carbonatites, Kimberlites, and Associated Ore Deposits of Africa

edited by

Nasrrddine Youbi

,

Hassan Ibouh

,

Moulay Ahmed Boumehdi

, Andrea Marzoli and Andrey Bekker

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2270 | Submission Open

Keywords: large igneous provinces (LIPs) in Africa; silicic LIPs (SLIPs) and associated carbonatites and kimberlites in Africa; dyke swarms (mafic; ultramafic; and felsic) of all settings in Africa; LIPs as a tool in paleogeographic reconstructions; LIPs through time and their links with climate change events; LIPs; carbonatites; and kimberlites through time and their links with metallogeny; petrology and geochronology; LIP architecture and insights into the magmatic plumbing system from geochemistry and geophysics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Reservoir and Geochemistry Characteristics of Black Shale, 2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2246 | Submission Open

Keywords: facies models and sedimentation processes; event sedimentology and paleoclimate transitions; paleoenvironment on organic matter enrichment; lithological; mineralogical; and geochemical analysis; diagenesis and pore structure evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Mineral Chemistry: Tool for Vectoring towards Mineral Deposits

edited by Ivan Belousov,

Lejun Zhang

and

Jonathan Cloutier

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1836 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral chemistry; vectoring; fertility; porphyry Cu; IOCG; orogenic Au; VHMS; LA ICP MS

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Mineralogical Characteristics and Purification Process of Quartz

edited by

Hongjuan Sun

,

Zijie Ren

,

Zengqing Sun

and Yehao Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1817 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-purity quartz; quartz purification/processing; trace element characterization; semiconductor materials; photovoltaic applications; quartz mineralogy/deposits; critical raw materials; advanced material purification; silicon-based technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Critical Minerals for Energy Transition: Advancing Energy Security and Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by

Nawshad Haque

,

Akshoy Ranjan Paul

and Shalini Verma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1416 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical minerals; energy transition; green energy; low-carbon economy; sustainable supply chains; mineral recycling and circular economy; energy security; emission reduction; renewable energy; integration; material efficiency; geopolitical risks; circular economy; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Digital Exploration and Assessment of Mineral Resources: Theories, Methods and Achievements, 2nd Edition

edited by Yongqing Chen, Jie Zhao and

Jiangnan Zhao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 718 | Submission Open

Keywords: ore-prospecting information from geology; geochemistry; geophysics; and remote sensing survey; ore-forming anomaly; ore-forming system; nonlinear geosciences; mineral potential mapping; machine learning and geoscience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Application of Geophysical and Geochemical Techniques in Mining Engineering

edited by

Behshad Jodeiri Shokri

, Faramarz Doulati Ardejani,

Ali Mirzaghorbanali

and Mehrdad Soleimani

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 649 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical and geochemical model integration; mineral exploration methods; mining exploitation techniques; environmental geophysics in mining engineering; environmental geochemistry in mining engineering; application of AI techniques in data processing for geophysical and geochemical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Innovation in Solvent Extraction for Metal Recovery

edited by

Felipe Olea

and

Esteban Quijada-Maldonado

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 524 | Submission Open

Keywords: selective solvent extraction; synergistic extraction; extraction stoichiometry; ion exchange; kinetic and thermodynamic in ion exchange; sustainable recovery of metals; molecular design; extractive metallurgy; purification of metals; critical minerals/metals; deep eutectic solvent; ionic liquids; new reagents; spent catalyst; technological waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Geometallurgical Approaches to Tailings Management and Resource Recovery

edited by Rosie Blannin,

Anita Parbhakar-Fox

and

Steve Jason Chingwaru

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 462 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine waste; tailings; geometallurgy; secondary prospectivity; critical minerals; process mineralogy; minerals processing; geoenvironmental characterization; acid and metalliferous drainage; desulphurization; geophysics; sampling; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Mineralogic Analysis, Size Distribution and Environmental Impacts of Mine Dust

edited by Johanna von Holdt, Jennifer Broadhurst and Conchita Kamanzi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine dust; mineral composition; size distribution; dust characterization; environmental impacts; toxicity; air quality; health outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Metallogenic Enrichment in Orogenic Systems: Processes Linking Crustal Evolution to Ore Genesis

edited by Miao Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 206 | Submission Open

Keywords: crustal evolution (continental and oceanic); metallogenic enrichment processes; orogenic systems; ore genesis; geochronology; isotope geochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Application of Biomodified Mineral Amendments in Industrial, Environmental and Agricultural Engineering

edited by

Zacharenia Kypritidou

and Dong Liu

submission deadline 20 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 503 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay minerals; biomodification of clay minerals; mineral amendments; remediation of contaminated soils; physicochemical and structural properties of clays

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Organic Petrology and Geochemistry: Exploring the Organic-Rich Facies

edited by

Paula Alexandra Gonçalves

and Qian Zhang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 4797 | Submission Open

Keywords: organic-rich facies; organic petrology; organic geochemistry; inorganic geochemistry; palynofacies; biomarkers; scanning electron microscopy; stable isotope geochemistry; kerogen; thermal maturation; depositional paleoenvironment; basin analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Advances in the Theory and Technology of Biohydrometallurgy

edited by Yan Jia and He Shang

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2910 | Submission Open

Keywords: biohydrometallurgy; bioleaching; bio-oxidation; biomining; microbe-mineral interaction; microbial communities; genomics/metabolomics/transcriptomics; sulfide minerals; secondary resources; leaching kinetics; process modeling; reactor design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Mine Backfilling Technology and Materials, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuye Tan

, Xun Chen and Yuan Li

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2081 | Submission Open

Keywords: backfill mining method; cemented tailing backfill technology; filling materials; mine waste; binding material; cemented tailing backfill; mechanical properties of cemented tailing backfill; rheological properties of filling slurry; mathematical modeling; numerical simulation; in situ measurement

Gem Deposits Through Geological Time: Exploration and Formation Processes

edited by

Alessandra Costanzo

and Martin Feely

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1075 | Submission Open

Keywords: genesis and geological setting of gemstones; economic geology; gemstones; mineralogy; geochemistry; inclusions; geochronology of gemstones; exploration geology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Advances in Mineral-Based Carbon Capture and Storage

edited by

Lucy Gomes Sant'Anna

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 660 | Submission Open

Keywords: solid-based CO2 capture; Ca-; Mg-; Fe-; and K-minerals; clay minerals; sulfide; carbonation process; geochemical reactions and modeling; mineral dissolution and precipitation; mafic and ultramafic rocks; depleted hydrocarbon reservoirs; deep saline aquifers; unmineable coal seams; carbonate rocks; heterogeneity; reactive transport; multiphase flow; residual trapping; laboratory experiments; wettability; batch and flow-through experiments; porosity and permeability; numerical simulation; CO2 injection strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Advances in Electron Microanalysis and Microscopy

edited by

Donggao Zhao

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 414 | Submission Open

Keywords: electron probe microanalysis and microscopy; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; microanalysis standards and reference materials; analytical procedures; characterization of minerals and related synthetic materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Long-Term Radionuclide Immobilization by Minerals: Applications in Environmental Remediation and Waste Disposal

edited by

Rinat Gabitov

and Angel Jimenez

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: spent nuclear fuel; engineered barriers; geological disposal; containment strategies; radionuclide absorption

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Polymetallic Deep-Sea Deposits

edited by Yachun Cai and Christian Millo

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 236 | Submission Open

Keywords: polymetallic deep-sea deposits; ferromanganese nodule; ferromanganese (cobalt-rich) crusts; seafloor massive sulfides; rare-earth elements and yttrium (REY)-rich sediments; metal resources; deep-sea mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Gravity, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic (GME) Geophysical Data Interpretation for Mineral Exploration and Crustal Structure Investigation

edited by Sheng Jin, Letian Zhang, Zhaoxi Chen and

Chengliang Xie

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 11 articles | Viewed by 12657 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; crustal structure investigation; geophysical data interpretation; gravity and magnetic method; electrical and electromagnetic method

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Mineralogical and Geochemical Characterization of Zn-Pb Ore Deposits: Insights into Their Genesis, Implications for Exploration, and Environmental Issues

edited by

Rosa Anna Fregola

,

Larbi Rddad

and

Pierfranco Lattanzi

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11568 | Submission Open

Keywords: characterization of Zn-Pb ore deposits; genesis of Zn-Pb ore deposits; ore mineralogy; ore geochemistry; sphalerite; critical metals; fluid inclusions; stable and radiogenic isotopes; ore exploration; Zn-Pb mineral resources; sustainable mining; environmental mineralogy and geochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Sustainable Extraction and Reuse of Metallurgical Wastes: Towards Circular Practices

edited by

Yecid Jimenez Bellott

and

Pía Hernández

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9730 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallurgical waste; circular economy; sustainable mining; waste management; metal recovery; recycling; bioleaching; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; environmental impact assessment; life cycle analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Graphite Minerals and Graphene, 2nd Edition

edited by

Qinfu Liu

,

Kuo Li

and

Shuai Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9727 | Submission Open

Keywords: graphite ores; graphite crystal growth; graphitic carbon; graphite structural properties; graphene preparation; applications of graphite and graphene

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Novel Methods and Applications for Mineral Exploration, Volume III

edited by

Paul Alexandre

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 8 articles | Viewed by 9488 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral exploration; economic geology; exploration methodology; geochemical exploration; geophysical exploration; novel exploration techniques; modern exploration techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

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