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Recycling of Industrial Waste for the Development of Sustainable Materials

edited by Maura Fugazzotto, Laura Crespo-Lopez,

Chiara Coletti

and

Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 279 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; circular economy; construction and demolition waste; innovative materials; green materials

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

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 206 | 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)

Geochemical, Isotopic, and Biotic Records of Banded Iron Formations

edited by

Zidong Peng

, Caiyun Lan and Xiuqing Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 186 | 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 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 170 | 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)

Geostatistical Methods and Practices for Specific Ore Deposits

edited by

Omid Asghari

, Oscar Rondon, Abani R. Samal and Jeff Boisvert

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: geostatistics; mineral resource estimation; grade control; ore deposit types; geological modeling; drilling strategy; resource classification; ore characterization; sampling; database management

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

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

edited by Miao Yu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 78 | 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)

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 | Viewed by 73 | 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)

Implications of THMC Processes on Long-Term Safety of Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste, 2nd Edition

edited by

Thanh Son Nguyen

and

Mamadou Fall

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 59 | Submission Open

Keywords: coupled thermal– hydrological– mechanical– chemical processes; geological disposal of radioactive waste; long-term safety; geomaterials; geotechnical; barrier

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

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 | Viewed by 38 | 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)

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 163 | 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)

Gem Deposits Through Geological Time: Exploration and Formation Processes

edited by

Alessandra Costanzo

and Martin Feely

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 150 | 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)

Decoding Magmatic-Hydrothermal Parageneses: Insights into Mineralogy and Formation Conditions

edited by

Christos L. Stergiou

Grigorios Aarne Sakellaris

and

Nikolaos Koukouzas

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 90 | Submission Open

Keywords: magmatic– hydrothermal systems; paragenesis; fluid inclusions; stable and radiogenic isotopes; thermodynamic modeling; trace element geochemistry; mineral textures and zoning; critical metals and rare earth elements; high-temperature geochemistry; metasomatism; volcanic– plutonic connections; trace mineralogy; LA-ICP-MS; QEMSCAN/MLA

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

Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Polymetallic Deep-Sea Deposits

edited by Yachun Cai and Christian Millo

submission deadline 30 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 73 | 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)

New Extraction Processes for Critical Metals from Non-Metallurgical Resources

edited by Rogério C.S. Navarro and

Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 259 | Submission Open

Keywords: electronic waste; battery metals; low-grade resources; metallurgical waste; pyrometallurgy; hydrometallurgy

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

Clays in Soil Science and Soil Chemistry

edited by

Edgar Galicia-Andrés

and

Daniel Tunega

submission deadline 24 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 169 | 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)

Crystal Chemistry of Sulfate Minerals and Synthetic Compounds

edited by

Artem S. Borisov

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 351 | Submission Open

Keywords: sulfate minerals; sulfate materials; X-ray diffraction; non-ambient conditions; HT/LT behavior; phase stability; crystal chemistry

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

Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of the Amazonian and São Francisco Cratons: Insights From Thermochronological and Geochronological Data

edited by Airton Natanael Coelho Dias and Cândido Augusto Veloso Moura

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 24 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sã o Francisco Craton; Amazonian Craton; thermochronology; geochronology; Archean geology; Earth's geodynamics; TTG rocks; geological evolution; supercontinents

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

Characterization of Archaeological Materials Employing Geochemical and Analytical Methods

edited by