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Minerals, Volume 7, Issue 3

2017 March - 15 articles

Cover Story: We identify that sequestration of SO42− as sparingly-soluble metal sulfides in an engineered passive bioremediation system depend on the presence of sulfate-reducing bacteria, an organic carbon substrate, and defined range of environmental conditions. This study highlights the utility of adding the sulfur isotope approach as an essential tool to help understand, predict, prevent and mitigate SO42− contamination in AMD-impacted systems. View this paper
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Articles (15)

  • Article
  • Open Access
82 Citations
14,853 Views
13 Pages

Mining-Related Selenium Contamination in Alaska, and the State of Current Knowledge

  • Aibyek Khamkhash,
  • Vaibhav Srivastava,
  • Tathagata Ghosh,
  • Guven Akdogan,
  • Rajive Ganguli and
  • Srijan Aggarwal

21 March 2017

Selenium pollution has been a topic of extensive research dating back further than the last decade and has attracted significant attention from several environmental and regulatory agencies in order to monitor and control its discharge from myriad in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,698 Views
19 Pages

On the Origin of Bastnaesite-(La,Nd,Y) in the Nissi (Patitira) Bauxite Laterite Deposit, Lokris, Greece

  • Sofia Kalatha,
  • Maria Perraki,
  • Maria Economou-Eliopoulos and
  • Ioannis Mitsis

21 March 2017

A detailed geochemical study and a thorough mineralogical description of the rare-earth elements (REE)-minerals and associated minerals were carried out in two vertical profiles of approximately 4 m length, from the Nissi (Patitira) bauxite laterite...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Rare-Earth Carbonates)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,066 Views
13 Pages

20 March 2017

Y2O3:Eu were prepared through precursors synthesized by leaching tests, removing impurities, enrichment of Y and Eu from residual purified liquors, annealing treatment, and high temperature solid-state reaction method, which is the most suitable for...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mineral Resources and the Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,776 Views
14 Pages

18 March 2017

In this paper, the composite additive of CaF2/CaO was used to extract vanadium from stone coal, and the effect of roasting and leaching kinetics were studied. The purpose of this manuscript is to realize and improve the vanadium recovery from stone c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
8,824 Views
20 Pages

17 March 2017

Sulfate, the main dissolved contaminant in acid mine drainage (AMD), is ubiquitous in watersheds affected by coal and metal mining operations worldwide. Engineered passive bioremediation systems (PBS) are low-cost technologies that remediate sulfate...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biogeochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
7,874 Views
15 Pages

Strategies for Reduced Acid and Metalliferous Drainage by Pyrite Surface Passivation

  • Gujie Qian,
  • Russell C. Schumann,
  • Jun Li,
  • Michael D. Short,
  • Rong Fan,
  • Yubiao Li,
  • Nobuyuki Kawashima,
  • Yan Zhou,
  • Roger St. C. Smart and
  • Andrea R. Gerson

17 March 2017

Acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) is broadly accepted to be a major global environmental problem facing the mining industry, requiring expensive management and mitigation. A series of laboratory-scale kinetic leach column (KLC) experiments, using...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biogeochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
6,448 Views
14 Pages

16 March 2017

The flotation and adsorption of a new polysaccharide konjac gum (KG) on pyrite and talc in the presence of pre-adsorbed potassium butyl xanthate (PBX) is investigated. The micro-flotation results show that KG is a quality depressant for talc and that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
8,759 Views
12 Pages

14 March 2017

A suitable grinding fineness and flow-sheet could potentially reduce the mechanical entrainment of gangue minerals in the flotation process of microcrystalline graphite. In this study, the suitable grinding fineness of a commercial graphite ore was e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flotation in Mineral Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,338 Views
20 Pages

12 March 2017

This study, based on fluid inclusion petrography, microthermometry and ultraviolet microspectroscopy of inclusion oil, investigates the petroleum charge history at Parsons Pond, western Newfoundland. To address this matter, drill core and cuttings sa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fluid Inclusions: Study Methods, Applications and Case Histories)
  • Review
  • Open Access
141 Citations
14,636 Views
25 Pages

Application of Mineral Sorbents for Removal of Petroleum Substances: A Review

  • Lidia Bandura,
  • Agnieszka Woszuk,
  • Dorota Kołodyńska and
  • Wojciech Franus

8 March 2017

Environmental pollution with petroleum products has become a major problem worldwide, and is a consequence of industrial growth. The development of sustainable methods for the removal of petroleum substances and their derivatives from aquatic and ter...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights in Stability, Structure and Properties of Porous Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,297 Views
10 Pages

Recovery Process of Li, Al and Si from Lepidolite by Leaching with HF

  • Gustavo D. Rosales,
  • Eliana G. Pinna,
  • Daniela S. Suarez and
  • Mario H. Rodriguez

3 March 2017

This work describes the development of a new process for the recovery of Li, Al and Si along with the proposal of a flow sheet for the precipitation of those metals. The developed process is comprised of lepidolite acid digestion with hydrofluoric ac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,196 Views
16 Pages

2 March 2017

The borehole television approach is an effective way of detecting mining-induced fractures in overburden strata as it can visualize fractures to facilitate a quantitative analysis of size, quantity, length, and other features. In this article, the bo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,473 Views
9 Pages

Temperature-Induced Desorption of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether Confined on ZSM-5: An In Situ Synchrotron XRD Powder Diffraction Study

  • Elisa Rodeghero,
  • Luisa Pasti,
  • Elena Sarti,
  • Giuseppe Cruciani,
  • Roberto Bagatin and
  • Annalisa Martucci

28 February 2017

The temperature-induced desorption of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from aqueous solutions onto hydrophobic ZSM-5 was studied by in situ synchrotron powder diffraction and chromatographic techniques. This kind of information is crucial for designing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Insights in Stability, Structure and Properties of Porous Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,600 Views
14 Pages

Mechanism of Enhancing Extraction of Vanadium from Stone Coal by Roasting with MgO

  • Fang Chen,
  • Yimin Zhang,
  • Jing Huang,
  • Tao Liu and
  • Nannan Xue

27 February 2017

In this paper, the extraction of vanadium from stone coal by roasting with MgO and leaching with sulfuric acid has been investigated, and the mechanism analysis of stone coal roasting with MgO was studied. The results indicated that under the conditi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
7,512 Views
11 Pages

Optimal Location of Vanadium in Muscovite and Its Geometrical and Electronic Properties by DFT Calculation

  • Qiushi Zheng,
  • Yimin Zhang,
  • Tao Liu,
  • Jing Huang,
  • Nannan Xue and
  • Qihua Shi

24 February 2017

Vanadium-bearing muscovite is the most valuable component of stone coal, which is a unique source of vanadium manufacture in China. Numbers of experimental studies have been carried out to destroy the carrier muscovite’s structure for efficient extra...

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