Minerals

Novel Hydrometallurgical Processes for Critical Metal Extraction from Raw and Waste Resources

edited by

, Elif Emil Kaya and

submission deadline 30 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 238 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical metals; sustainable hydrometallurgy; bio-assisted processes; green solvent systems; separation and purification; waste resources; tailings and mine waste reprocessing; electrochemical recovery; circular economy

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

Formation Study of Gem Deposits

edited by

Guanghai Shi

and

Tianlong Jiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 6241 | Submission Open

Keywords: geological occurrences; chemical composition; mineral components; geographic features/origin; gem characterization; genesis of gems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Hyperspectral Imaging of Rocks: Mineralogical Characteristics and Classification

edited by Daniel Capella Zanotta, Ademir Marques Junior and Joice Cagliari

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5457 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; mineral classification; spectral signatures; rock characterization; geological mapping

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

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Sedimentary Geology of Lacustrine Basins, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jingchun Tian

, Qingshao Liang,

Qinlian Wei

and

Zhonggui Hu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3409 | Submission Open

Keywords: sedimentary environment and sedimentary model; diagenesis types and diagenetic evolution; shale oil and gas in lacustrine basins; characteristics of tight sandstone reservoirs in lacustrine basins; high-resolution sequence stratigraphy of lacustrine basins

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

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

edited by Miao Yu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3084 | 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)

Geology, Exploration and Mining of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources

edited by

Georgy Cherkashov

,

Luigi Jovane

, Pedro Madureira and

Francisco J. González

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2850 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine minerals; exploration methods; geological setting of DSM; mineralogy; geochemistry and dating of deep-sea deposits; ore forming models of DSM

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

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 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2415 | 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)

Zeolite: From a Boiling Stone to the Applicable Minerals in Various Industrial Processes, 3rd Edition

edited by

Nevenka Rajić

and

Jelena Pavlović

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2210 | Submission Open

Keywords: zeolite occurrence; adsorption; catalysis; surface functionalization; environmental protection; zeolite structures; zeolite engineering; sustainable applications of zeolites

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

Clays in Soil Science and Soil Chemistry

edited by

Edgar Galicia-Andrés

and

Daniel Tunega

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay minerals; soil organic matter; organic-mineral interactions; soil pollutants; molecular modeling

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

Clay Minerals for Environmental Remediation and Sustainable Energy

edited by

Ke Wang

, Sijia Sun and Meng Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2048 | Submission Open

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

Advances and Applications of High-Pressure Grinding Rolls Designs and Operational Strategies

edited by

Victor A. Rodriguez

and

Luís Marcelo M. Tavares

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1497 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPGR; cheek plates; flanges; studs; wear; skewing

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

Formation of Dolomite Reservoirs: Diagenetic and Tectonic Controls

edited by Ao Su

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1454 | Submission Open

Keywords: dolomitization; fluid flow; diagenesis; porosity evolution; hydrocarbon injection; dating/petrochronology

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

Recent Progress in the Processing of Rare-Earth Ore

edited by Fang Zhou, Yuefei Zhang and Zhao Cao

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1306 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth; rare-earth ore; leaching; swelling; seepage

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

Diagenesis of Reservoir Sandstones: A Comparison Between Reservoirs and Non-Reservoirs

edited by Nicolaas Molenaar,

Sara Criniti

and

Hu Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1218 | Submission Open

Keywords: early and burial diagenesis; relation between sedimentology and diagenesis; reservoir quality; causes of diagenesis; diagenetic processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Island-Reef Carbonate Systems: Facies, Diagenesis, and Dolomitization Processes

edited by Rui Wang, Min Ren and

Simone Booker

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1127 | Submission Open

Keywords: island– reef carbonate systems; facies; diagenesis; dolomitization; climatology; environment

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

Environmental Behavior, Mobility and Remediation of Toxic Metalloids in Soil and Water System

edited by

Niloofar Karimian

and

Chamindra Vithana

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 335 | Submission Open

Keywords: toxic metalloids; soil water systems; contaminant mobility; speciation; remediation strategies; geochemical processes; environmental risk assessment

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

New Perspectives on the Geochemistry and Heavy Minerals of Stream Sediments: Implications for Mineral Exploration

edited by Ahmad Reza Mokhtari,

David Ronald Cohen

and Shahed Shahrestani

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 270 | Submission Open

Keywords: stream sediment geochemistry; background estimation; mineral exploration; geochemical anomalies; sediment dispersion processes; machine learning in geochemistry; prospectivity modeling

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

Multidisciplinary Research for the Monitoring and Preventive Conservation of Cultural Heritage, 2nd Edition

edited by

Silvana Fais

and

Giuseppe Casula

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 265 | Submission Open

Keywords: cultural heritage conservation and preservation; damage assessment; materials characterization; non-destructive diagnostic multitechniques; risk evaluation; monitoring

Advanced Nuclear and Radiometric Techniques Coupled with Intelligent Processing for Strategic Mineral Exploration

edited by

Yan Zhang

, Juntao Liu and

Saulo Pomponet Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: airborne gamma-ray spectrometry; borehole gamma-ray logging; pulsed neutron logging; prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis; radiometric anomaly detection; deep learning for spectral interpretation; radon geochemistry; muon tomography; in situ elemental analysis; concealed ore detection; strategic mineral exploration; rare earth element exploration; machine learning for radiometric data; multimodal data fusion

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

New Approaches in the Exploration and Characterization of Critical Mineral Deposits

edited by

Peng Li

and

Xinxing Liu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 167 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical mineral deposits; mineralization characteristics; provenance of ore-forming substances; migration and precipitation mechanisms; genetic models of critical mineralization; exploration techniques; metallogenic potential

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

From Magmas to Volcanic Rocks: Insights from Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry and Geochronology

edited by

Mehmet Keskin

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 160 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanism; geodynamic setting; magma generation; magmatic processes; geochronology; petrology; geochemistry; isotope geochemistry; petrological modeling; ore formation; planetary magmatism

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

Microstructure and Reinforcement Mechanisms of Fiber-Reinforced Clay

edited by Zülfü Gürocak

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 149 | Submission Open

Keywords: fiber-reinforced clay; clayey soils; reinforcement mechanisms; fiber– soil interaction; microstructural changes and analysis

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

CO₂-Induced Carbonate Mineralization for Soil Improvement and Environmental Remediation: From Microbes to Engineering Applications

edited by

Hamed Abdeh Keykha

and Sumit Joshi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2026 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open

Keywords: CO2-induced carbonate mineralization (CICP); mineral carbonation; CO2 utilization; microbial/biogeochemical processes; microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP); enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation (EICP); bio-mineralization; low-carbon construction materials

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

Hydrometallurgy of Rare Earth Elements: Advances in Upgrading, Solubility, and Separation

edited by

Kenneth N. Han

and

Jihye Kim

submission deadline 10 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 626 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth elements; physical separation; adsorption; precipitation; ion-exchange (IX); solvent exchange (SX); selectivity; recycling; ionic liquids; deep eutectic solvents

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

Geostatistical Applications in Mineral Resource Evaluation and Environmental Geochemistry

edited by

Mustafa Gurhan Yalcin

and

Nurdane Ilbeyli

submission deadline 27 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 858 | Submission Open

Keywords: economic geology; mineral deposits; ore deposits; industrial minerals; rocks; and materials; medical geology; resource estimation; ore body modeling; grade control; block modeling; cut-off grade optimization; mining sustainability; environmental geochemistry; heavy metal contamination; spatial distribution; risk assessment; soil geochemistry; hydrogeochemistry; anthropogenic Impact; kriging; spatial interpolation; stochastic simulation; variogram analysis; uncertainty quantification; machine learning in geostatistics; multivariate analysis (Ç ok Değişkenli Analiz); compositional data analysis (CoDA); big data in geosciences

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

Geochemical, Isotopic, and Biotic Records of Banded Iron Formations

edited by

Zidong Peng

, Caiyun Lan and Xiuqing Yang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4568 | Submission Open

Keywords: banded iron formations; carbon isotope; non-traditional stable isotope; paleoenvironment; oxygenic photosynthesis; Archean to Paleoproterozoic

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

Sedimentary Basins and Minerals

edited by Zhenhong Li

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4119 | Submission Open

Keywords: provenance analysis and geodynamic background of sedimentary basins; mineral characteristics and evolution stages of sedimentary basins; mineral geochronology of sedimentary basins; mineral geochemistry of sedimentary basins; mineral exploration methods of sedimentary basins

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

Gold Deposits: From Primary to Placers and Tailings After Mining

edited by

Galina A. Palyanova

,

David Banks

and Daniel J. Kontak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2846 | 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)

Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Tectonic Significance of Pyroclastic Rocks

edited by

Yu Zhang

and

Chongjin Pang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: pyroclastic deposits; geochronology; geochemistry; alteration mineralogy; eruption dynamics; epithermal mineralization

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

Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits

edited by

Adriana Potra

and

Mohammed Bouabdellah

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1158 | Submission Open

Keywords: genesis of Mississippi valley-type (MVT) ore deposits; geochronology of MVT ore deposits; sources of sulfur and metals; modeling of hydrothermal fluid flow; potential for critical minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Iberian Pyrite Belt: Advances in Mineral Exploration, Mineral Deposits and Geological Processes

edited by Luís Albardeiro and Maria Joao Batista

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 391 | Submission Open

Keywords: Iberian Pyrite Belt; ore horizons; mineral exploration; geochemistry methods; geophysics; geological models

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

Mechanisms of Magma–Rock Interaction in Crustal Evolution

edited by

Russell Bailie

and

Petrus Le Roux

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 381 | Submission Open

Keywords: magma emplacement mechanisms; the role of stoping; assimilation; whole-rock and mineral chemistry; magma batches; petrological modelling

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

Advanced Methods of Inversion of Potential Field Data for Mineral Exploration

edited by

Michael Jorgensen

and Michael S. Zhdanov

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 341 | Submission Open

Keywords: geophysical inversion; 3D inversion; mineral exploration; machine learning/ AI; potential field data; joint inversion

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

From Microbes to Minerals: Geochemical Signatures of Bacterial and Algal Sedimentary Systems

edited by

Ahmet Şaşmaz

and Marianna Cangemi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 322 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosignatures; microbialites; stromatolites; diatomites; biogenic carbonates; siliceous sediments; algal processes; diagenesis

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

Advanced Application of Surface Mineralogy in Enhancing Processing Efficiency and Mitigating Environmental Impact

edited by Gonzalo Montes Atenas and Marco Alsina Corvalán

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface mineralogy; flotation optimisation; hydrometallurgy; acid rock drainage; tailings stabilisation

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

The 15th Anniversary of Minerals—Supergene Enrichment of Ore Deposits: Mechanisms, Profiles and Exploration Implications

edited by

Michel Cathelineau

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: supergene processes; metal redistribution and enrichment; paleosurfaces; dating; companion metals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Impact Cratering in the Solar System from Paleomagnetic and Rock Magnetic Perspectives

edited by Jaime Urrutia Fucugauchi

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 174 | Submission Open

Keywords: solar system; impact craters; impact deformation; shock minerals; paleomagnetism; rock magnetism; planetary crusts; astrobiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineralogy Beyond Earth)

The 15th Anniversary of Minerals: Advanced Geostatistical Modeling and Multi-Source Data Integration for Mining-Related Environmental Pollution

edited by

José António de Almeida

and

Teresa Albuquerque

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining pollution; acid mine drainage; mine waste; potentially toxic elements; environmental monitoring; environmental risk assessment; remote sensing; spatio-temporal geostatistics; big data analytics; machine learning; compositional data analysis; mining-impacted environments

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

Astromineralogy and Compositions of Rocky Planets

edited by Arnold Gucsik

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 158 | Submission Open

Keywords: astromineralogy; planetary geology; interstellar materials; exoplanets; cosmochemistry; impacts; meteoritics; sample return planetary missions; lunar samples; terrestrial planets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineralogy Beyond Earth)

Volcanic–Sedimentary Sequences and Their Resource Potential: Geology, Petrogenesis, and Tectonic Context

edited by Michelle DeWolfe

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 157 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits; sedimentary exhalative deposits; volcanic– sedimentary lithostratigraphy; sedimentology; geochemistry; critical minerals/elements; tectonic settings

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Transforming Mine Legacies Through Circular Economy Approaches

edited by

Sphiwe Emmanuel Mhlongo

and

Bambesiwe Mbesi May

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 155 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste valorization; mine Rehabilitation; abandoned and derelict mines; sustainable mine closure

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

Geological Evolution of Carbonatites and Related Rocks: Implications for Critical Resource Exploration and Petrogenesis

edited by

Yan Liu

and

Nadezhda Krivolutskaya

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbonatite petrogenesis; critical raw materials; rare earth elements (REE); magmatic– hydrothermal processes; deep carbon cycle; geological evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Advanced Coal Processing: Comminution, Concentration, Desulphurization and Process Optimization

edited by

Vedat Deniz

,

Xiangning Bu

and

Sunil K. Tripathy

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 428 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal; comminution; gravity concentration; flotation; desulphurization; process modeling and optimization; machine learning application

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

Recent Advances in Clay Minerals for Photocatalytic Technologies

edited by Pollyana Trigueiro,

Ramón Raudel Peña Garcia

and

Yonny Romaguera Barcelay

submission deadline 15 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 28 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay minerals; photocatalysis; photocatalytic materials; supported photocatalysts; semiconductor-clay mineral systems; nanostructured materials; hybrid materials; adsorption-photocatalysis synergy; water treatment; environmental remediation; organic pollutant degradation; emerging contaminants; green hydrogen production

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

Mineral Alteration, Grain Characteristics and Physical-Mechanical Parameters Correlation in Rocks and Geomaterials

edited by

Kadir Karaman

and Liaosha Song

submission deadline 18 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: rock mechanics; rock physico– mechanical property correlation; mineral alteration; grain microstructure; microtextural analysis

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

Cobalt in Polymetallic Systems: Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Ore Genesis

edited by

Zhilin Wang

, Shaohao Zou and Hui Wang

submission deadline 25 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 163 | Submission Open

Keywords: co-occurrence; super enrichment; geochemical behavior; mineralization processes; thermodynamic modeling; machine learning; sulfide; partition coefficient; co-provenance; sediment-hosted Cu-Co deposit; hydrothermal vein-type Co deposit; magmatic Cu-Ni-Co deposit; laterite Ni-Co deposit

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

The 15th Anniversary of Minerals—Mineralogical Signatures of Extreme Environments: From Earth Analogs to Planetary Exploration

edited by

Amin Beiranvand Pour

,

Laura Crispini

and

Mohammad Parsa

submission deadline 30 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: extreme environments; mineralogical signatures; Earth analogs; planetary exploration; remote sensing spectroscopy; AI/ML algorithms; Mars and icy moons; fluid– rock interaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineralogy Beyond Earth)

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

edited by

Thomas Gentzis

and

Ahmed Mansour

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9334 | 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)

Reservoir and Geochemistry Characteristics of Black Shale, 2nd Edition

edited by

,

,

,

and

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6054 | 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)

Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Sn Polymetallic Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by

Huan Li

, Rongqing Zhang and

Jingya Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3525 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineralization-related granite; scheelite; cassiterite; wolframite; in situ analysis; W-Sn deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

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