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 ...

The world’s largest iron ore deposit, found in Western Australia, may have formed 1.4 to 1.1 billion years ago during the breakup of a supercontinent and the formation of Australia. That would make ...

In a region long known for its mineral wealth, a recent geological study is prompting researchers to revisit some of the most fundamental assumptions about Earth’s deep history. Beneath the red ...

In the last edition of our ongoing series on how planets get ore– those wonderful rocks rich in industrial minerals worth mining– we started talking about hydrothermal fluid deposits. Hydrothermal ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity. These zones create processes that concentrate minerals into ore deposits. High-temperature, water ...

In Western Australia’s Pilbara region, a new feature is being added to an ancient landscape: rows of containerised batteries.

You’ll need to harvest Iron Ore from Iron Deposits before you can craft Iron Bars. Iron Ore is found in Yellow Forest and Stepstone Peak, but only after you’ve restored these regions. It appears in ...