“I’ve often been asked what my day is like as a geologist.  I usually ramble on and on about what I do, but I’ve never put it down in writing so students or anyone else interested could gain an understanding ...

Introduction A vital component of the global economy, mining supplies the basic materials that power our contemporary civilization. But conventional methods can have disastrous effects on the environment, causing habitat destruction, water source depletion, and climate change. A novel strategy ...

Dilution occurs when waste material is mixed in with the ore during the mining phase and fed to the processing plant. The discrimination between ore and sub-economic dilution material is the site – and process specific cut-off grade (Dilution – ...

Introduction Gossan is intensely oxidized, weathered or decomposed rock, usually the upper and exposed part of an ore deposit or mineral vein. In the 19th and 20th centuries, gossans were important guides to buried ore deposits used by prospectors in ...

image source: ChemAnalyst Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction and Smelting  The new ironmaking process with a projected capacity of three tons of hot metal per hour is based on the HYFOR and Smelter solutions from Primetals Technologies. HYFOR is the world’s first ...