Nickel extraction from nickel laterites: Processes, resources, environment and cost
25 January 2025
With the development of the new energy industry and the depletion of nickel sulfide ore resources, laterite nickel ore has become the main source of primary nickel, and nickel for power batteries has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mineral resources of Asia continent: Resource endowment, mining industry pattern, and contributions to the world economy
January 2026
Mineral resources in Asia continent and its mining industry play a significant role in the economic growth and industrialization of both Asia and the world. Asia continent boasts the most comprehensive...
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,...
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...
Geology and mineralization of the Pulang supergiant porphyry copper deposit (5.11 Mt) in Shangri-la, Yunnan Province, China: A review
October 2022
The porphyry copper belt in the Geza island arc in southwestern China is the only Indosinian porphyry copper metallogenic belt that has been discovered and evaluated so far. The Pulang porphyry copper...
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...
Apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He dating of sandstone in the Weibei Uplift, Ordos Basin and its revealed Eocene rapid uplift denudation event
25 October 2024
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...
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...
The characteristics, formation and exploration progress of the potash deposits on the Khorat Plateau, Thailand and Laos, Southeast Asia
March 2020
The giant potash deposit on the Khorat Plateau is one of the most promising targets for exploitation of potassium salts. So far, many researches and geologic survey have been conducted on the giant...
Distribution, characteristics, metallogenic processes and prospecting potential of terrestrial brine-type lithium deposits in the world and lithium demand situation
25 January 2025
In response to the rise of the energy storage industries such as new energy vehicles and the wide application of lithium in various fields worldwide, the global demand for lithium resources has been...
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...
Formation, evolution, reconstruction of black shales and their influence on shale oil and gas resource
25 July 2024
Black shales are important products of material cycling and energy exchange among the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. They are widely distributed throughout geological history and...
Exploring deep learning for landslide mapping: A comprehensive review
25 April 2024
A detailed and accurate inventory map of landslides is crucial for quantitative hazard assessment and land planning. Traditional methods relying on change detection and object-oriented approaches have...
Introduction to the Bama renowned longevity county in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
25 July 2025
Ground motion, liquefaction and hazard analysis at the Palu site during the 2018 Indonesian great earthquake (Mw 7.5)
January 2026
The research findings on the ground motion and liquefaction potential analyses during the 2018 Great Indonesia Earthquake (Mw 7.5) are significant and crucial. The earthquake triggered soil-structure...
Formation and evolution of the South China Sea since the Late Mesozoic: A review
January 2023
The existing genetic models of the South China Sea (SCS) include an extrusion model of the Indochina Peninsula, a back-arc extension model, and a subduction and dragging model of the Proto-South China...
Risks and governance of heavy metals in European soil applied phosphate fertilizers
25 July 2025
Phosphorus (P) poses a global challenge to the environment and human health due to its natural association with heavy metals. Sustainable use of P is crucial to ensure food security for future generations....
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)...