Characteristics of ten of the world's metallogenic provinces hosting iron oxide Cu-Au (IOCG)
deposits have been critically assessed, including their geological and tectonothermal …

Lead and zinc keep humanity powered and sheltered, yet a comprehensive understanding
of Pb-Zn resources in known mineral deposits has been lacking, leading to uncertainty over …

Nickel is a metal that reflects the technological advances of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries, emerging as critically important for stainless steel and a variety of specialty metal …

Copper plays a crucial role in modern society across the world, contributing to infrastructure,
technology, and lifestyles. Although mineral resources are commonly considered to be …

Large igneous provinces (LIPs) represent significant reservoirs of energy and metals that
can either drive or contribute to a variety of metallogenic systems. The relationships between …

Abstract Numerous Fe–Cu deposits are hosted in the late Paleoproterozoic Dongchuan and
Dahongshan Groups in the Kangdian region, SW China. The Dongchuan Group is …

Abstract The Bayan Obo deposit in Inner Mongolia, North China Craton (NCC) is the largest
rare-earth element (REE) resource in the world. Due to the complex element and mineral …

China started to produce rare earth elements (REEs) in the 1980s, and since the mid-1990s,
it has become the dominant producer. Rare earth element export quotas first introduced by …

Abstract The northern Cordilleran Orogen of western Canada and Alaska comprises rocks
that attest to over 1.8 billion years of tectonic history, from cratonization of the Laurentian …

Rare earth elements (REEs) have a crucial role in modern environmental and medical
technologies, leading to a continuously growing demand for these elements. The relatively …