Geology

Other than Silicon (Si), Oxygen (O), Iron (Fe), Aluminium (Al), Sodium (Na), Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg), and Phosphorus (K), the term trace element is applicable for elements that occur in minuscule concentrations of lower than 0.1% by weight. Parts per million (ppm) is the general unit for expressing the number of trace elements present.  Trace […]

Tenor of ore states that the lowest permissible metallic deposit in an ore.  The lowest amount of metal that ore can contain. The Higher the content of metal, the better the tenor is. It is generally expressed in % age of metal. Any ore must contain some percentage of metal in it. An ore is

Sedimentary facies refer to the biological, physical and chemical aspects of a sedimentary layer and the lateral change within the sequences of such layers. All these layers of beds belong to the same geologic age. One can see the formation of sedimentary rocks only in places where the sediments are deposited for a long time.

Primarily found in the Salton Sea and the dead sea, pull-art basins are formed after frequent bends in the adjacent faults to create an extension or compression stress, resulting in regional strike-slip basins. A regional strike-slip fault is a central displacement zone connecting the tips of step-over faults bounding basin sidewall faults.  Remnant Basins Remnant

The base level for determining height and depth on Earth is the sea level. As a result, sea-level changes are a climate change event in which the volume of ocean water increases or decreases, primarily due to ice sheets and glaciers melting and water thermal expansion, or vice versa. Coastal life worldwide is threatened as

The grade of ore is used to determine the concentration of the desired ingredient present in an ore. To establish if a rock is of sufficiently high grade to be worth mining and thus termed an ore, the value of the metals or minerals it contains must be evaluated against the cost of extraction. Oxides,

Elements In Nature Earth’s crust contains many elements in pure or combined states. There are 118 elements in the periodic table. Out of these elements, 95 are metals. Aluminium is the most abundant metal of earth’s crust and Iron is the second most abundant.  The percentage of different elements in the earth’s crust are-Oxygen-49%, Silicon-26%,

The National Mineral Policy aims to increase mining’s contribution to the country’s GDP by initiating large-scale exploration, emphasising deep-sea resources. The current National Mineral Policy 2008 is replaced by the National Mineral Policy 2019. (“NMP 2008”). The new program aims to expand major mineral production by 200 percent in seven years and lower the mining

The National Mineral Policy aims to increase mining’s contribution to the country’s GDP by initiating large-scale exploration, emphasising deep-sea resources. The current National Mineral Policy 2008 is replaced by the National Mineral Policy 2019. (“NMP 2008”). The new program aims to expand major mineral production by 200 percent in seven years and lower the mining

Mineral beneficiation is the process of separating economically essential minerals from their respective ores. For example, aluminum is extracted from bauxite ore. Ores are the aggregates of rocks from which the desired minerals are extracted. They can either contain minerals or metals that are economically important to humans. If the quantity of metal or minerals