Minerals

Genesis of Mississippi Valley-Type Ore Deposits

edited by

and

submission deadline 29 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 968 | Submission Open

Keywords: genesis of Mississippi valley-type (MVT) ore deposits; geochronology of MVT ore deposits; sources of sulfur and metals; modeling of hydrothermal fluid flow; potential for critical minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Circular Economy of Remining Secondary Raw Materials

edited by

Alexandra Guedes

,

Bruno Valentim

and

Rui Jorge Coleho de Sousa

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 13816 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste rock; tailings; ashes; mineralogy; geochemistry; separation methods; toxic elements; radioactive elements; critical elements; strategic elements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Magnetic and Electromagnetic Techniques for Mineral Exploration: Enhancing Resource Discovery, 2nd Edition

edited by Marc A. Vallée and

Stanisław Mazur

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2217 | Submission Open

Keywords: magnetic methods and electromagnetic methods; data acquisition; geophysical modeling and inversion; borehole; ground; and airborne geophysics; magneto-telluric; mineral exploration; case histories; physical properties

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Geochemistry and Genesis of Hydrothermal Ore Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yuichi Morishita

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1576 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrothermal ore deposits; sources and evolution of hydrothermal fluids; genesis of mineral deposit; metallic mineral deposits; geochemistry of hydrothermal fluids; fluid inclusions; stable isotopes; mineral exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Paleobiological and Mineralogical Signatures of Taphonomic Processes in Sedimentary Basins

edited by

Daniel Sedorko

, Herminio Ismael Araujo Junior and Renato Pirani Ghilardi

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1431 | Submission Open

Keywords: fossilization pathways; biostratinomy; diagenetic alteration; geochemical proxies; analytical techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Potentially Toxic Elements: Source, Distribution, Risk Assessment and Remediation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Antonio Fernandes

and

Wendel Valter Da Silveira Pereira

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1176 | Submission Open

Keywords: guiding values; heavy metals; metalloids; rare earth elements; geochemical mapping; environmental pollution; ecological risks; human health risks; pollution remediation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Applications of Clay Minerals and Engineered Materials in Water and Wastewater Treatment

edited by

Christina Vasiliki Lazaratou

,

Eleni Gianni

and

Dimitrios Papoulis

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 8334 | Submission Open

Keywords: clay minerals; zeolites; layered double hydroxides; cement materials; spectroscopy characteristics; materials properties; molecular simulations; water treatment; wastewater treatment; adsorption; catalysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Geochemical Controls on the Generation and Transformation of Carbon in Rocks

edited by

Zixiao Guo

,

Glenn Stracher

and Yu Zhang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 6302 | Submission Open

Keywords: metasedimentary rocks; coal including coal fires; carbonaceous shale; carbonate; carbon isotope systematics; origin and evolution of life; global carbon cycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Geochemical, Isotopic, and Biotic Records of Banded Iron Formations

edited by

Zidong Peng

, Caiyun Lan and Xiuqing Yang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 4411 | Submission Open

Keywords: banded iron formations; carbon isotope; non-traditional stable isotope; paleoenvironment; oxygenic photosynthesis; Archean to Paleoproterozoic

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Gemstone Identification and Characterization: Advances, Technologies and Analytical Challenges in the Modern Gemstone Trade

edited by Maya Musa,

Maria Pia Riccardi

and Fabio D’Amico

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4210 | Submission Open

Keywords: proof of origin; laboratory-grown diamond; inclusions; treatments; nomenclature; Artificial Intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Sedimentary Basins and Minerals

edited by Zhenhong Li

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3964 | Submission Open

Keywords: provenance analysis and geodynamic background of sedimentary basins; mineral characteristics and evolution stages of sedimentary basins; mineral geochronology of sedimentary basins; mineral geochemistry of sedimentary basins; mineral exploration methods of sedimentary basins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Geochronology of W-Sn Polymetallic Deposits, 2nd Edition

edited by

Huan Li

, Rongqing Zhang and

Jingya Cao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3377 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineralization-related granite; scheelite; cassiterite; wolframite; in situ analysis; W-Sn deposits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Platinum-Group Elements, Chromium and Nickel in Ultrabasic-Basic Complexes: New Results

edited by

Andrei Y. Barkov

and

Robert F. Martin

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3246 | Submission Open

Keywords: platinum-group elements; chromium; nickel; ore deposits; ultrabasic– basic complexes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Radionuclides and Radiation Exposure in Minerals Extraction, Processing and Applications

edited by

Fernando P. Carvalho

and

Emmanuel K. Atibu

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3160 | Submission Open

Keywords: radionuclides in ores; radiation exposure; radiation monitoring at mine sites; radioactive mining waste management; mitigation measures

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Advances in Process Mineralogy

edited by

Hao Jiang

,

Jinhe Pan

and

Yanhong Wang

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2813 | Submission Open

Keywords: process mineralogy; mineral processing; particle size distribution; composition and content; liberation degree

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Gold Deposits: From Primary to Placers and Tailings After Mining

edited by

Galina A. Palyanova

,

David Banks

and Daniel J. Kontak

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2371 | Submission Open

Keywords: geology; geochronology; geochemistry; mineralogy; ore-forming processes; types of gold deposits; crustal fluids and gold speciation; extraction and recovery of gold from primary and secondary resources; experimental and thermodynamic modeling; modern analytical methods; genesis of gold nuggets and nanoparticles

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Advances in Carbonate Sedimentology: From Deposition to Diagenesis

edited by Xuan Chen and Zhongxiang Zhao

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1384 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbonate platform models; carbonate facies; sequence stratigraphy; reservoir heterogeneity; mineral formation mechanisms; carbonate minerals; carbonate rocks; carbonate systems; carbonate reservoirs; diagenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Iberian Pyrite Belt: Advances in Mineral Exploration, Mineral Deposits and Geological Processes

edited by Luís Albardeiro and Maria Joao Batista

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 333 | Submission Open

Keywords: Iberian Pyrite Belt; ore horizons; mineral exploration; geochemistry methods; geophysics; geological models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Geochemical Characteristics and Contamination Risk Assessment of Soil, 2nd Edition

edited by

Jasminka Alijagić

and Robert Šajn

submission deadline 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open

Keywords: soil contamination; contamination risk assessment; health risk assessment; modelling techniques; pollution indices; spatial distributions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Remote-Sensing Techniques in Mineral and Geological Studies

edited by

Shanjun Liu

and

Lianhuan Wei

submission deadline 25 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote-sensing technology; mineralogy; hyperspectral imaging; mineral mapping; spectral analysis; mineral identification and prospecting; mining environment monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Carbon Sequestration in Resource Industry Residues

edited by Kamalpreet Kaur Brar and

Ali Asgarian

submission deadline 26 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: carbon sequestration; mining waste; circular economy; biomineralization; critical minerals; biomaterials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Recent Advances in Ore Comminution

edited by Lixia Li, Lanhao Wang, Jiwei Lu and

Daniel Saramak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 17761 | Submission Open

Keywords: comminution technology; energy efficiency; sorting; comminution circuit design; automation control; liberation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Thin Sections: The Past Serving The Future

edited by

Lluís Casas

and

Roberta Di Febo

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 13349 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Crystallography and Physical Chemistry of Minerals & Nanominerals)

Mineralogical, Petrophysical and Hydromechanical Properties of Reservoirs and Caprocks, 2nd Edition

edited by

Yong Li

,

Yingfang Zhou

, Zhenhua Jing and

Junjian Wang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 10 articles | Viewed by 13223 | Submission Open

Keywords: reservoir characterization; caprock integrity; mineralogical control; petrophysical properties; hydromechanical coupling; shale gas; gas hydrate; hydrogen storage; CO2 sequestration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Kinetic Characterization and Its Applications in Mineral Processing

edited by

Luis Vinnett

,

Ahmad Hassanzadeh

and Diego Mesa

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7270 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation kinetics; breakage rate; flotation rate; selection function; scale-up; time-recovery data; flotation modelling; comminution modelling; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Challenges of Groundwater Quality Degradation in the Past Decades: Clues from Water–Minerals Interaction, 2nd Edition

edited by

Xubo Gao

,

Chengcheng Li

and

Qianqian Yu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7214 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– mineral interaction; groundwater; coal-mine water; environmental biogeochemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Deformation, Diagenesis, and Reservoir in Fault Damage Zone

edited by Guanghui Wu, Tongwen Jiang and Xuefei Yang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7076 | Submission Open

Keywords: fault zone; carbonate reservoir; deformation; fracture network; diagenesis; fracture– diagenesis interaction

Recycling of Industrial Waste for the Development of Sustainable Materials

edited by Maura Fugazzotto,

Laura Crespo-Lopez

,

Chiara Coletti

and

Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6947 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; circular economy; construction and demolition waste; innovative materials; green materials

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Geostatistical Methods and Practices for Specific Ore Deposits

edited by

Omid Asghari

,

Oscar Rondon

, Abani R. Samal and Jeff Boisvert

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6772 | Submission Open

Keywords: geostatistics; mineral resource estimation; grade control; ore deposit types; geological modeling; drilling strategy; resource classification; ore characterization; sampling; database management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Ore Deposits Related to Metamorphism

edited by

Argyrios Papadopoulos

,

Panagiotis Voudouris

and

Constantinos G. Mavrogonatos

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5790 | Submission Open

Keywords: metamorphism; metasomatism; geochemistry (isotopes and trace elements); geochronology; metamorphic ore minerals; mineralogy and petrography

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Mineralogical Characteristics and Purification Process of Quartz

edited by

Hongjuan Sun

,

Zijie Ren

,

Zengqing Sun

and Yehao Huang

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4632 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-purity quartz; quartz purification/processing; trace element characterization; semiconductor materials; photovoltaic applications; quartz mineralogy/deposits; critical raw materials; advanced material purification; silicon-based technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Petrology, Geochemistry and Geophysics of S-Type Granites and Migmatite Rocks

edited by Joana Ferreira and Gláucia Queiroga

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3540 | Submission Open

Keywords: anatexis; S-type granites; migmatites; geochemistry; geochronology; geophysics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Igneous Rocks as Archives of Earth's Geological History: Magma Processes and Continental Crust Evolution

edited by Takeshi Hasegawa, Indranova Suhendro and Kazuya Shimooka

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3211 | Submission Open

Keywords: igneous rock; continental crust; magma process; geochronology; volcanism; plutonism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Mineralogy of Iron Ore Sinters, 3rd Edition

edited by

Mark I. Pownceby

,

Miyuki Hayashi

and

Joonho Lee

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2810 | Submission Open

Keywords: sinter mineralogy; crystal structures; phase equilibria; characterisation; formation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Geochemistry, Petrogenesis and Exploration of Li-Rich Granite-Pegmatite Systems

edited by

William Keyser

, Benedikt Steiner and

Benjamin Hines

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2127 | Submission Open

Keywords: granite and pegmatite; lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT); residual melts; highly evolved peraluminous silicic melts; high-grade metamorphism; anatexis; greisen alteration; spodumene– petalite– lepidolite– zinnwaldite; incompatible elements; rare metal exploration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Geometallurgical Approaches to Tailings Management and Resource Recovery

edited by Rosie Blannin,

Anita Parbhakar-Fox

and

Steve Jason Chingwaru

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1564 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine waste; tailings; geometallurgy; secondary prospectivity; critical minerals; process mineralogy; minerals processing; geoenvironmental characterization; acid and metalliferous drainage; desulphurization; geophysics; sampling; case studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Innovation in Solvent Extraction for Metal Recovery

edited by

Felipe Olea

and

Esteban Quijada-Maldonado

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1032 | Submission Open

Keywords: selective solvent extraction; synergistic extraction; extraction stoichiometry; ion exchange; kinetic and thermodynamic in ion exchange; sustainable recovery of metals; molecular design; extractive metallurgy; purification of metals; critical minerals/metals; deep eutectic solvent; ionic liquids; new reagents; spent catalyst; technological waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Adsorption Properties of Clay and Its Applications in Buildings

edited by

Paulina Faria

and

Alessandra Ranesi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 670 | Submission Open

Keywords: bio and mineral stabilization of clay-based materials; clay-based building products; earth construction; alkali activation of clays; hygrothermal regulation; moisture adsorption; mineralogy of clays; pollutant adsorption; reusability; recyclability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials)

Magmatic and Metamorphic Processes in Orogenic Belts

edited by Ignez de Pinho Guimarães, Jefferson Valdemiro de Lima, José Victor Antunes Amorim and Adejardo Francisco da Silva Filho

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 277 | Submission Open

Keywords: orogen; crustal evolution; orogenic magmatism; metamorphic processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Diagenetic Evolution and Water-Rock Interaction of Unconventional Reservoirs

edited by Yong Zhou, Youliang Ji and Hao Wu

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 219 | Submission Open

Keywords: water– rock interaction; unconventional reservoirs; diagenesis; diagenetic evolution; pore network characterization; reservoir quality

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Advances in Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry and Applications in Geochemistry and Environmental Sciences

edited by Zikri Arslan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2026 | Viewed by 128 | Submission Open

Keywords: sample preparation and digestion methods; mineral characterization; biominerals; critical element recovery; mine waste characterization; nano analysis; single particle ICP-MS; geochemical and isotopic analysis; separation and speciation methods; solid phase extraction; rare earth elements; hydride generation; environmental impact; remediation

Critical Metal Minerals, 2nd Edition

edited by

, Ruoshi Jin,

,

, Yinhang Cheng,

and

submission deadline 1 Jul 2026 | 15 articles | Viewed by 29478 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical metals; geologic characteristics and setting; geochemical exploration; statistical data analysis; mineral geochemistry; petrogenesis and ore genesis; 3D modeling; resource assessment; mineral processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits: Genesis, Tectonics and Exploration

edited by João Xavier Matos, Filipa Luz and Maria Joao Batista

submission deadline 15 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1058 | Submission Open

Keywords: VMS deposits; hydrothermal systems; volcano-sedimentary host sequences; base; precious; strategic; and critical metals; geotectonic setting

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Deposits)

Application of UAVs, GNSS, and GIS in Minerals Mapping

edited by

Aggeliki Kyriou

and

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos

submission deadline 27 Jul 2026 | Viewed by 574 | Submission Open

Keywords: UAVs; GNSS; GIS; photogrammetry; remote sensing; mineralogy; spectroscopy; exploration; mapping; geology; mining; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Exploration Methods and Applications)

Geometallurgy Applied to Mine Planning

edited by

Douglas Mazzinghy

, Julian Ortiz and Nelson Morales

submission deadline 29 Jul 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2519 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine planning including geometallurgical variables; deterministic and probabilistic mine planning modelling; tactical or strategic geometallurgy applied to mine planning; case studies using real or synthetic datasets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Sediments

edited by

Hussein Kanbar

and Mathieu Le Meur

submission deadline 30 Jul 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5707 | Submission Open

Keywords: sediment inorganic and organic geochemistry; geochemical signatures and fingerprints; contamination and pollution behavior; sediment mineralogy and weathering; emerging organic contaminants; natural and anthropogenic processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Risks Assessment, Management and Control of Mining Contamination, 2nd Edition

edited by

Elizabeth J. Lam Esquenazi

,

Jaume Bech

and Brian Keith Normabuena

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9339 | Submission Open

Keywords: mining; heavy metal contamination; tailings; mine reclamation; mining risks; acid mine drainage; artificial intelligence; machine learning; data analytics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry)

Geochronology and Geochemistry of Alkaline Rocks

edited by Shen Liu, Tao Wang and Guangying Feng

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7055 | Submission Open

Keywords: alkaline rocks; petrogenesis; geochronology; geochemistry; geodynamics; mineralization

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

Advances in the Theory and Technology of Biohydrometallurgy

edited by Yan Jia and He Shang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6558 | Submission Open

Keywords: biohydrometallurgy; bioleaching; bio-oxidation; biomining; microbe-mineral interaction; microbial communities; genomics/metabolomics/transcriptomics; sulfide minerals; secondary resources; leaching kinetics; process modeling; reactor design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Volcanism and Oil–Gas Reservoirs—Geology and Geochemistry

edited by Zhiyong Ni, Zhonghong Chen and Yunfeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4463 | Submission Open

Keywords: volcanic rock reservoir; volcanic rock facies; migration of oil and gas; geophysical exploration techniques

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Geochemistry and Geochronology)

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