Is sulfide mining a particular process?
No. First the phrase “sulfide mining” is a misnomer. Most of the earth’s base metals are found in sulfide ore bodies. Extracting them is not “sulfide mining”. It is nickel mining or copper mining or gold mining. “Sulfide mining”, as the phrase is used, refers to the fact that certain minerals – nickel, copper, gold and many others – are found only in geologies that naturally contain sulfide. The process of extracting rocks and their minerals from the earth is common and done for thousands of years.
