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Industrial resources (minerals) are geological materials that are mined for their commercial value, which are not fuel (fuel minerals or mineral fuels) and are not sources of metals (metallic minerals) but are used in the industries based on their physical and/or chemical properties.[1] They are used in their natural state or after beneficiation either as raw materials or as additives in a wide range of applications.
- ^ Kogel J.E.; Trivedi N.C.; Barker J.M.; Krukowski S.T., eds. (2006). Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses (7 ed.). Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration. ISBN 9780873352338.