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  • Reducing Wastewater in the Mining Industry
    Article - 1 May 2018
    There is an urgent need to reduce the amount of pollutants that are discharged into the environment and adequately cleanup areas where these pollutants have travelled to.
  • Mining on the Moon
    Article - 20 May 2016
    It is thought that billions of tons of water and rare earth elements, like uranium and thorium exist on the moon, and private companies are aiming to obtain them. The European Space Agency even has...
  • Evolution of Handheld XRF Analysis in Mining
    Article - 11 Apr 2016
    German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen is noted for his accidental discovery of X-rays in 1895 during his analysis of cathode rays in high voltage, gaseous discharge tubes.
  • Return On Investment of XRF for Mining - Cost Benefit Analysis: A
    Article - 21 Apr 2015
    Marcus Lake speaks to AZoMining about how mining companies can achieve significant savings on analysis of materials using XRF analysis.
  • Peridotite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 28 Mar 2014
    Peridotite is a coarse-grained, dark-colored intrusive igneous rock which consists of minerals such as pyroxene and olivine. It usually contains olivine as the primary mineral in addition to other...
  • Oxidation - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 27 Mar 2014
    Mineral oxidation is a chemical reaction which takes place in a mineral upon exposure to oxygen resulting in a change in the chemical composition.
  • Mafic - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 18 Mar 2014
    Mafic is a silicate mineral or rock that is rich in magnesium and ferric oxides.
  • Lamprophyre - Mining Fundamentals
    Article - 10 Mar 2014
    Lamprophyre is a group of ultrapotassic igneous rocks which consist of phenocrysts of mica, particularly biotite or phlogopite and amphibole such as pargasite or hornblende.
  • What is Igneous Rock?
    Article - 7 Mar 2014
    Igneous rocks, also called fire rocks, are formed either underground (intrusive) or above the ground (extrusive). The name igneous is derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire. Igneous rocks that...
  • Brucite - Occurrence, Properties, and Distribution
    Article - 30 Sep 2013
    Brucite is the mineral form of magnesium hydroxide first discovered in 1824 from the New Jersey, USA serpentine. The mineral was named after the American mineralogist, A. Bruce.

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