We are pleased to highlight several papers from academicians that were published in Minerals (ISSN: 2075-163X) in 2022. We invite you to read these papers, listed below.

“A Comprehensive Recovery Process for Selective Separation and Enrichment of Copper, Zinc and Iron Minerals from a Polymetallic Ore and the Adsorption Mechanism of Collector Z-200”
by Tao Jiang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(3), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030384
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/3/384

“Comprehensive Utilization of Tailings in Quartz Vein-Hosted Gold Deposits”
by Tao Jiang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1481; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121481
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/12/1481

“Study of the Mechanism of the Fe-BHA Chelates in Scheelite Flotation”
by Chuanyao Sun et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(4), 484; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12040484
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/4/484

“Effect of Gangue Minerals on Pulp Rheology and Flotation Behavior of Smithsonite”
by Chuanyao Sun et al.
Minerals 2023, 13(1), 66; https://doi.org/10.3390/min13010066
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/1/66

“The Age of Hubi Copper (Cobalt) Ore Mineralization in the Zhongtiao Mountain Area, Southern Margin of the Trans-North China Orogen: New Constraints from U-Pb Dating of Rutile and Monazite”
by Jingwen Mao et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(3), 288; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030288
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/3/288

“Morphological Features and Spectral Comparisons of Diamonds from Three Kimberlite Belts in Mengyin, China”
by Jing-Sui Yang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1185; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101185
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1185

“SIMS Zircon U-Pb Ages and O Isotope Compositions of Gabbro from the Laguoco Ophiolite from Western Shiquanhe–Yonzhu Suture Zone (Tibet) and Their Geological Significance“
by Jing-Sui Yang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1184; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101184
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1184

“Knowledge Structure and Frontier Evolution of Research on Chromitite: A Scientometric Review“
by Jing-Sui Yang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1211; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101211
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1211

“Using Long-Lived Thorium Isotopes to Quantify the Lithogenic Inputs to the Lakes in Qaidam Basin, China”
by R. Lawrence Edwards et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(8), 931; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12080931
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/8/931

“First U-Pb Detrital Zircon Ages from Kamlial Formation (Kashmir, Pakistan): Tectonic Implications for Himalayan Exhumation”
by Lin Ding et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(3), 298; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030298
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/3/298

“Paleogeographic Evolution of Southeast Asia: Geochemistry and Geochronology of the Katha-Gangaw Range, Northern Myanmar”
by Lin Ding et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(12), 1632; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12121632
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/12/1632

“Distinct Geochemical Behavior of Water in Olivine between Silicate and Carbonatite Metasomatism”
by Yi-Gang Xu et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(9), 1090; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12091090
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/9/1090

“From Middle Neoproterozoic Extension to Paleozoic Accretion and Collision of the Eastern Tiklik Belt (the Western Kunlun Orogen, NW China)”
by Wenjiao Xiao et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(2), 166; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12020166
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/2/166

“Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Shoshonitic Dyke Swarm in the Northeast of Meshkinshahr, NW Iran”
by Wenjiao Xiao et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(3), 309; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12030309
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/3/309

“Petrogenesis and Tectonic Implications of the Neoproterozoic Peraluminous Granitic Rocks from the Tianshui Area, Western Margin of the North Qinling Terrane, China: Evidence from Whole-Rock Geochemistry and Zircon U–Pb–Hf–O Isotopes”
by Hongfu Zhang et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(7), 910; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070910
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/7/910

“Effects of Regional Differences in Shale Floor Interval on the Petrophysical Properties and Shale Gas Prospects of the Overmature Niutitang Shale, Middle-Upper Yangtz Block”
by Ping’an Peng et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(5), 539; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12050539
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/5/539

“Electrochemical Responses and Microbial Community Shift of Electroactive Biofilm to Acidity Stress in Microbial Fuel Cells”
by Guanzhou Qiu et al.
Minerals 2022, 12(10), 1268; https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101268
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/12/10/1268