Beneath the crashing waves of the Pacific and the jagged peaks of the Andes lies a high-pressure conveyor belt that has been running for millions of years. While we often associate tectonic plate boundaries with devastating earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, there is another side to this geological violence: the creation of immense mineral wealth.

Sweden has been a mining superpower for over a millennium, fueling everything from Viking expansion to the Great Power era. But as a century of data from the Swedish Geological Survey (SGU) reveals, the industrial footprint of this legacy has completely inverted. The chart above tells the story of a radical transformation. While Sweden’s mining heritage was built on hundreds of small, labor-intensive sites—peaking at over 260 active metal mines during World War I—the modern r

Properties of Common Minerals (Infographic) Minerals are the fundamental building blocks of rocks, forming the foundation of our planet...

As one of Earth's most significant metallogenic belts, the Tethyan Belt carves a vast path across the globe, stretching thousands of kilomet