Lithium extraction from hard rock lithium ores (spodumene, lepidolite, zinnwaldite, petalite): Technology, resources, environment and cost
January 2023
Lithium production in China mainly depends on hard rock lithium ores, which has a defect in resources, environment, and economy compared with extracting lithium from brine. This paper focuses on the...
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Carbon peak and carbon neutrality in China: Goals, implementation path and prospects
December 2021
Climate change is a common problem in human society. The Chinese government promises to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and strives to achieve carbon neutralization by 2060. The proposal of the...
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Classification and mineralization of global lithium deposits and lithium extraction technologies for exogenetic lithium deposits
October 2023
A reasonable classification of deposits holds great significance for identifying prospecting targets and deploying exploration. The world’s keen demand for lithium resources has expedited the discovery...
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Origin, discovery, exploration and development status and prospect of global natural hydrogen under the background of “carbon neutrality”
October 2022
Global energy structure is experiencing the third transition from fossil energy to non-fossil energy, to solve future energy problems, cope with climate change, and achieve net-zero emissions targets...
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Microplastic pollution in Yellow River, China: Current status and research progress of biotoxicological effects
December 2021
This study aims to comprehensively assess the environmental risks of microplastics in the Yellow River, achieving the following results through comprehensive research. The average microplastic abundances...
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Research and exploration progress on lithium deposits in China
March 2020
Since 2012, some advances have been made through the resource investigation, metallogenesis research, and comprehensive utilizing of lithium deposits in China. Firstly, the progress of lithium exploration...
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Geological characteristics, metallogenic regularity, and research progress of lithium deposits in China
October 2022
China is rich in abundant lithium resources characterized by considerable reserves and a concentrated distribution of metallogenic zones or belts, with proven reserves of 4046.8×103 t (calculated based...
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Sources, distribution, behavior, and detection techniques of microplastics in soil: A review
October 2023
In recent years, the problem of environmental pollution caused by microplastics has attracted widespread attention. This paper reviews the latest research progress in terms of the source, content and...
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Gold enrichment characteristics and exploration prospects in Zambia: Based on 1 ∶ 1000000 geochemical mapping
January 2022
The 1∶1000000 geochemical mapping of Zambia provides catchment sediment geochemical data for 58 elements including Au from 746 sediment samples at 736 sampling sites, corresponding to a sampling density...
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Identification and evolution of tectonic units in the Philippine Sea Plate
January 2022
The Philippine Sea Plate is located at the convergence zone of the Eurasian Plate, the Pacific Plate, and the Indo-Australian Plate. This paper divides the Philippine Sea Plate into two second-order...
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The first offshore natural gas hydrate production test in South China Sea
March 2018
Natural gas hydrates (NGH) is one of key future clean energy resources. Its industrialized development will help remit the huge demand of global natural gas, relieve the increasing pressure of the environment,...
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Geology and mineralization of the Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-type REE-Nb-Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China: A review
October 2023
The Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-related rare-earth-element-niobium-iron (REE-Nb-Fe) endogenetic deposit (thereafter as the Bayan Obo deposit), located at 150 km north of Baotou City in the Inner...
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Distribution characteristics, exploration and development, geological theories research progress and exploration directions of shale gas in China
January 2022
The shale gas resources in China have great potential and the geological resources of shale gas is over 100 ×1012 m3, which includes about 20×1012 m3 of recoverable resources. Organic-rich shales can...
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Pollution source identification methods and remediation technologies of groundwater: A review
January 2024
Groundwater is an important source of drinking water. Groundwater pollution severely endangers drinking water safety and sustainable social development. In the case of groundwater pollution, the top...
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Fluorite deposits in China: Geological features, metallogenic regularity, and research progress
September 2020
Fluorite is one of the important mineral raw materials in the industry. In China, it is mainly distributed in the provinces and regions such as Hunan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia, Fujian, and...
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Distribution, characteristics, and research status of microplastics in the trunk stream and main lakes of the Yangtze River: A review
January 2022
Microplastic pollution has become an environmental issue of great concern owing to the persistence of microplastics and their potential adverse effects on biota. The Yangtze River is the longest river...
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The second natural gas hydrate production test in the South China Sea
June 2020
Clayey silt reservoirs bearing natural gas hydrates (NGH) are considered to be the hydrate-bearing reservoirs that boast the highest reserves but tend to be the most difficult to exploit. They are proved...
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Change trend of natural gas hydrates in permafrost on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (1960–2050) under the background of global warming and their impacts on carbon emissions
July 2022
Global warming and the response to it have become a topic of concern in today’s society and are also a research focus in the global scientific community. As the world’s third pole, the global warming...
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The first power generation test of hot dry rock resources exploration and production demonstration project in the Gonghe Basin, Qinghai Province, China
July 2022
Hot dry rock (HDR) is a kind of clean energy with significant potential. Since the 1970s, the United States, Japan, France, Australia, and other countries have attempted to conduct several HDR development...
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Heavy metal pollution assessment in marine sediments in the Northwest coast of Sabah, Malaysia
October 2023
Heavy metal contents along the Northwest coast of Sabah were determined to interpret the pollution level in the marine sediment. The metal abundance is regulated by the physico-chemical properties such...
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Health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and crops in a mining area (Au-Ag-Cu-trona-oil et al.) of the Nanyang Basin, Henan Province, China
October 2023
Heavy metal distribution in mining areas has always been a hot research topic due to the special environment of these areas. This study aims to explore the impact of heavy metal pollution on soils and...
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Geology and mineralization of the Tiegelongnan supergiant porphyry-epithermal Cu (Au, Ag) deposit (10 Mt) in western Tibet, China: A review
January 2022
The Tiegelongnan Cu (Au, Ag) deposit in central Tibet contains more than 10 Mt of copper ranking 29th in the world. It is characterized by typical porphyry-epithermal alteration and mineralization....
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Geological mapping and mining prospecting in the Aouli inlier (Eastern Meseta, Morocco) based on remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS)
October 2022
Landsat 8 Oli, ASTER, and Sentinel 2A satellite images processing was used to map geological formations, lineaments and hydrothermal alteration minerals in the Aouli inlier, as a case study to illustrate...
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Exploration and research progress on ion-adsorption type REE deposit in South China
September 2018
Since 2011, certain advances have been made through the resource investigation, metallogenesis research, mining supervision and environmental protection of ion-adsorption type rare earth element (REE)...
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Characteristics and sources of microplastic pollution in the water and sediments of the Jinjiang River Basin, Fujian Province, China
July 2022
Microplastic pollution is widely distributed from surface water to sediments to groundwater vertically and from land to the ocean horizontally. This study collected samples from surface water, groundwater,...
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