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Geologists have discovered the largest iron ore deposit valued at nearly $6 trillion in Western Australia. The deposit is located in the Hamersley region of the state. It contains around 55 billion ...

Washington, D.C.– Much of our planet’s mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth’s chemical cycles were different from today’s. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion ...

A recent discovery of a 55 billion metric ton iron ore reserve in Western Australia's Hamersley region, valued at US $6 trillion, is expected to significantly impact global iron ore markets and prices ...

Hackaday has a long-running series on Mining and Refining, that tracks elements of interest on the human-made road from rocks to riches. What author Dan Maloney doesn’t address in that series is the ...

The past few months, we’ve been giving you a quick rundown of the various ways ores form underground; now the time has come to bring that surface-level understanding to surface-level processes.

Iron ore is the key ingredient in steel production. One of the fundamental resources for the Australian economy, it contributes A$124 billion in national income each year. This is not surprising, ...