INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GUIDE

WORLD PUNDITS GUIDE TO MINERAL INDUSTRIES

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The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Inc. (SME) is a professional society whose more than 15,000 membership represents all professionals serving the minerals industry in more than 100 countries. SME members include engineers, geologists, metallurgists, educators, students and researchers.

One of the most valuable SME publication titled Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses is now the 7th edition, revised and expanded from the earlier editions, adding significant new content—ensuring the continued relevance of this quality book. This widely read global reference is one of the most reliable sources for suitable information on industrial minerals and rocks, the markets they serve, and their multitude of uses. Global economy developments have greatly impacted the mining, processing, and marketing of industrial minerals. Additionally, the development of new technologies has driven rapid innovation in processing, packaging, transporting, and end use. The new edition scrutinizes these vital and varied changes and their complex results in the world of industrial minerals and rocks.

The introduction provides information on the classification of industrial minerals and rocks, world distribution of industrial minerals deposits, international trade in minerals, industrial marketing, due diligence and financial valuation, transportation, mine safety and health law, environmental law, and issues of sustainable development. The next section contains chapters covering some 60 individual minerals, rocks, and other materials. These chapters describe material characteristics and properties, industrial uses, geographic locations, extraction and reclamation processes, production and trade, and other economic data. The next set of chapters discuss markets and uses, covering such topics as absorbents and desiccants, construction uses, cosmetics, electronic and optical materials, environmental uses, fertilizers, filters and process aids, ceramic products, glasses, metallurgical uses, nanomaterials, pigments, refractories, soil amendments, and well drilling materials. These chapters discuss processing for applications, market trends, regulatory concerns, industrial structures, and similar issues. 

Readers of Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses praise among others: Fantastic book to own as a reference, Very interesting and very useful for everyone in the Industrial Minerals Market. Also useful for economic geologists due to rich scientific data. The Bible of Rocks and Minerals. Excellent…….