Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Minerals 2020 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in Volume 10 (18 Dec 2019–21 Dec 2020) of Minerals were considered for the award. After thorough evaluation of the o riginality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the five winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Paul Sylvester, were selected:

A Comprehensive Review of Rare Earth Elements Recovery from Coal-Related Materials
By Wencai Zhang, Aaron Noble, Xinbo Yang and Rick Honaker
Minerals 2020, 10(5), 451; 10.3390/min10050451

SEM-Based Automated Mineralogy and Its Application in Geo- and Material Sciences
By Bernhard Schulz, Dirk Sandmann and Sabine Gilbricht
Minerals 2020, 10(11), 1004; 10.3390/min10111004

Characteristics of Precipitation of Rare Earth Elements with Various Precipitants
By Kenneth N. Han
Minerals 2020, 10(2), 178; 10.3390/min10020178

Lithium-Rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada, USA: Geologic, Mineralogical, and Geochemical Characteristics and Possible Origin
By Stephen B. Castor and Christopher D. Henry
Minerals 2020, 10(1), 68; 10.3390/min10010068

Using Complementary Methods of Synchrotron Radiation Powder Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function to Refine Crystal Structures with High Quality Parameters—A Review
By Seungyeol Lee and Huifang Xu
Minerals 2020, 10(2), 124; 10.3390/min10020124

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in Minerals before 30 June 2023.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to Minerals, and thank the award committee for voting and helping with this award.

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Paul Sylvester, Minerals