Talk:Ore

Needs end products
Ore items should also show end product - e.g. bauxite for production of aluminum. - Leonard G. 00:38, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * add me up joshmondsupapo@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.145.216 (talk) 07:00, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

"purely economic considerations"
That paragraph was pure nonsense, I've deleted it. "Purely economic" would refer to the value of the minerals or the products that can be derived from them in a market. A culture valuing a particular mineral is in fact what makes it economic, not a possibility for something to be "economically unfeasible". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wingedsubmariner (talk • contribs) 17:05, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

What to do with the ore after it is extracted?
Article needs a lot more in the way of text and links, via metallurgy, extractive metallurgy, grinding mill, ore processing and ore processing facilities in general. --Mr Accountable (talk) 20:17, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Other map
another map for the minerals is the one at http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world-energy-minerals-map.htm Perhaps it can be made into another world resources map for wiki

Definition
"An ore is a type of rock that contains minerals with important elements including metals." This definition is stupid. All rocks contain minerals with "important" elements including metals. Ore refers to rock material that has economic importantance / is (potentially) profitable to mine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.62.211 (talk) 05:18, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Definition
In recent times, scandals such as the Bre-X fiasco have lead securities regulators the world over to provide precise definitions of "ore".

In the US, the SEC produced "Industry Guide 7". This guide provides the following: "Reserve. That part of a mineral deposit which could be economically and legally extracted or produced at the time of the reserve determination. Note: Reserves are customarily stated in terms of “ore” when dealing with metalliferous minerals; when other materials such as coal, oil, shale, tar, sands, limestone, etc. are involved, an appropriate term such as “recoverable coal” may be substituted."

The Canadian Definition for mineral resource is several paragraphs long. The first sentence is a good summary. It states "A Mineral Resource is a concentration or occurrence of diamonds, natural solid inorganic material, or natural solid fossilized organic material including base and precious metals, coal, and industrial minerals in or on the Earth’s crust in such form and quantity and of such a grade or quality that it has reasonable prospects for economic extraction."

Other definitions also exist, but do not vary greatly from these two. In summary, Ore is a part of the earth that can be mined at a particular place, at a particular time, at a profit.

John G Eggert (talk) 01:26, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
 * There are reliable sources that Bre-X was THE motivation for the creation of NI-43-101. Until they are found, should a be added at the end of the first paragraph?John G Eggert (talk) 02:50, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Missing Ores?
I'm a tyro when it comes to geology and mineralogy, but I wonder why cerussite is missing from the list of important ores (of lead). Should it be added? Tim Warner (talk) 19:40, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: ERTH 4303 Resources of the Earth
— Assignment last updated by ChloejWard (talk) 03:40, 15 April 2023 (UTC)

Overhaul of article
I am currently in the process of giving this article a long needed overhaul. Many of the sections are arbitrarily structured, lacking references, or very outdated. For such an important topic, it needs work. Ore deposits will be completely redone, extraction will be updated with adequate citations, a hazards section will be added, trade will be edited, and Important ore minerals will be added to along with their uses. Shrekinspector (talk) 18:04, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Section proposal: Polymetalic nodules and Deep sea mining
Polymetalic nodules are small naturally occurring metallic minerals that can be mined, treated, and sold for a profit; the precise definition of ore that this page provides. I propose adding a section on this newly leveraged form of ore, perhaps under the "Ore Deposits" section. Check out the pages Deep sea mining and Ferromanganese nodules for more info. 192.77.12.11 (talk) 08:42, 30 October 2023 (UTC)