what are minerals and why do people mine them
What we mine & why we mine. Minerals are central to our modern way of life. They are essential to producing materials for construction and manufacturing: steel and cement cannot be made without coking coal.long with coal, NSW has deposits of metallic minerals like gold, copper, silver, lead and zinc, and industrial minerals like mineral sands, clays and limestone. These minerals are owned by the NSW Government on behalf of the people of NSW.
A mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formula, that is usually solid and inorganic, and has a crystal structure. It is different from a rock, which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition. mineral is a naturally occurring substance, representable by a chemical formula, that is usually solid and inorganic, and has a crystal structure. It is different from a rock, which can be an aggregate of minerals or non-minerals and does not have a specific chemical composition.