Minerals

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Circular Economy of Remining Secondary Raw Materials

edited by

Alexandra Guedes

Bruno Valentim

and

Rui Jorge Coleho de Sousa

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6497 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste rock; tailings; ashes; mineralogy; geochemistry; separation methods; toxic elements; radioactive elements; critical elements; strategic elements

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

Geochemistry and Genesis of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuichi Morishita

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal ore deposits; sources and evolution of hydrothermal fluids; genesis of mineral deposit; metallic mineral deposits; geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids; fluid inclusions; stable isotopes; mineral exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Gold Deposits: From Primary to Placers and Tailings After Mining

edited by

Galina Palyanova

and

David Banks

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; geochronology; geochemistry; mineralogy; ore-forming processes; types of gold deposits; crustal fluids and gold speciation; extraction and recovery of gold from primary and secondary resources; experimental and thermodynamic modeling; modern analytical methods; genesis of gold nuggets and nanoparticles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Advances in Process Mineralogy

edited by

Hao Jiang