Niobium element extraction method Open pit mining
NIOBIUM ORES : Niobium mostly occurs as an oxide and in combination with tantalum. Pyrochlore[(Na, Ca)2Nb 2 O6F] and columbite [(Fe,Mn)(Nb, Ta) 2 O 6] are the major mineral ores of niobium, which constitute niobate, tantalate, iron, and manganese in definite usually occurs in carbonatites and in pegmatite derived from alkalic rocks combined with zirconium, titanium