Classification of Energy Resources

Classification of Minerals

The types of minerals are mentioned below:...

Metallic Minerals

Metallic minerals have a sheen to them and are made up of metals. These minerals can be mined and used as a possible metal supply. Metal minerals include the following: Metallic minerals include manganese, iron ore, and bauxite, which can be classified as ferrous or non-ferrous. Non-ferrous minerals have no iron, while ferrous minerals do....

Ferrous Minerals

Ferrous minerals are those that have magnetic properties because they include iron in the form of hydroxides, carbonates, or sulfides. These minerals are essential for a country’s metallurgical sector to thrive....

Non-ferrous Minerals

Non-ferrous metals are non-ferrous alloys or metals that do not include iron. Other non-ferrous elements are non-ferrous, with the exception of iron (Fe), which is frequently referred to as ferrite after the Latin word Ferrum, which means “iron.”...

Non-Metallic Minerals

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Mode of Occurrence of Minerals

As we study Minerals are usually found in ore, This term ore is used to describe the accumulation of any mineral mixed with other elements. The aggregation of any mineral combined with other components is referred to as ore....

Conservation of Minerals

Minerals are a non-renewable type of resource and it takes many thousands of years for the formation and also for the concentration of minerals. The continued extraction of the ores leads to the depletion of these minerals and so it is very important for us to take necessary steps for the conservation of minerals and use them in a planned and in a more sustainable manner....

Energy Resources

Energy is required in every activity of daily life whether it’s cooking, providing light and heat, propelling vehicles, and driving machinery in industries. The resources used to power run the industries are called energy resources....

Classification of Energy Resources

Energy resources can be classified into the following types:...

Conventional sources of Energy

They have been used for a long time such as firewood, cattle dung, coal and petroleum, natural gas, and electricity both hydel and thermal, etc; are known as the conventional sources of energy....

Non-conventional source of energy

These sources recently come in high use such as wind power, solar energy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, atomic energy, and biogas energy. Non-Conventional sources are freely available as well as exhaustible and renewable....

Conservation of Energy Resources

Every major area of an economy; which include agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic; needs inputs of energy to sustain itself. There is a need to develop a sustainable way of managing energy development. Some of the important ways of conservation of energy resources are listed below:...

FAQs on Mineral and Energy Resources

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