Characteristics of ten of the world's metallogenic provinces hosting iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG)
deposits have been critically assessed, including their geological and tectonothermal …

Laser ablation inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has rapidly
established itself as the method of choice for generation of multi-element datasets for …

Jiama is a giant skarn-porphyry deposit in southern Tibet, southwestern China. It is the
largest Cu (~ 7.4 Mt), second largest Au (~ 208 t), and fourth largest Mo (~ 0.62 Mt) skarn …

Globally, potentially toxic elements (PTEs) and bacterial contamination pose health hazards,
persistency, and genotoxicity in the groundwater aquifer. This study evaluates PTE …

The rare-earth elements (REE) are a group of seventeen speciality metals that have unique
and diverse chemical, magnetic, and luminescent properties that make them strategically …

The long-term supply sustainability of copper, zinc and lead was assessed. Copper will not
run into physcal scarcity in the future, but increased demand and decreased resource quality …

Trace element compositions of magnetite and hematite from 16 well-studied iron oxide–
copper–gold (IOCG) and iron oxide apatite (IOA) deposits, combined with partial least …

Tellurium (Te) is a rare metalloid in the chalcogen group of the Periodic Table. Tellurium is
regularly listed as a critical raw material both due to its increased use in the solar industry …

Magnetite-(apatite) ore deposits are interpreted as being formed by the crystallization of iron-
rich ultrabasic melts, dominantly generated by the interaction of silicate melts with oxidized …

The availability of metal, non-metal and mineral raw materials, particularly those that
underpin high-technology industries are important for the ongoing development of these …