The word 'mineral' is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to any naturally occurring inorganic substance, such as quartz, salt, or calcium. For example: "The area is abundant in minerals, including iron, copper, and gold."
"Rio Tinto and ERA are playing a game of corporate convenience and the stakes are very high as the miners are required by law to bring the former mineral lease to a standard whereby it can be incorporated into the surrounding Kakadu national park".
Start with the complex, intensely mineral white, then move on to the fragrant, rosé-like fanino.
Related: Great Barrier Reef shouldn't be on 'in danger' list for now, says Unesco In a report released on Saturday, the committee says it "has repeatedly reiterated its position that mineral exploration and exploitation is incompatible with world heritage status".
Among them is a project by the French artist Daniel Buren, consisting of 124 metal grids that were used for storage and transportation of mineral wool at the factory.
With oil, gas and mineral production at the forefront of Africa's economic growth, Kaberuka has called for better management of the continent's natural resources.
I've already been working for hours before I arrive at your house, having loaded my truck with the multiple orders of crates of beer and mineral water, over 20kg a crate.
In 2006, Russia jolted Georgia's economy by banning imports of Georgian wine and mineral water.
Even so, Brussels staffers say that the lighter touch of their regulation would avoid the risk of decimating Africa's mineral industry through the collateral damage caused by an investment flight.
European firms are set to be offered a voluntary self-certification scheme to prove that their products' mineral components were not sold by warlords to fuel bloody conflicts, under a draft EU law that falls short of campaigners' expectations.
Responsibility for the management of the crown estate's economic assets in Scotland, including the crown estates's seabed and mineral and fishing rights, and the revenue generated from these assets, will be transferred to the Scottish parliament.
Viggo decided to show his support, so he flew out of LA and turned up unannounced at her motorhome with fresh vegetables, mineral water and a copy of George Orwell's Animal Farm (to read, in case she had to wait around before meeting Bush).
