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Minerals, Volume 12, Issue 2

February 2022 - 168 articles

Cover Story: Excessive phosphorus will cause the eutrophication of a water body, which brings many environmental problems. It is of both fundamental and practical importance to develop effective adsorbents for the continuous removal of phosphate from wastewater. In this paper, magnetic amorphous lanthanum silicate alginate hydrogel beads (MALS-Bs) were synthesized through the hydrogel embedding method. MALS-Bs exhibited a preferable adsorption capacity of 40.14 mg P/g for phosphorus compared to other hydrogel beads, and showed a treatment volume of 480 BV when the effluent phosphorus concentration was below 0.5 mg/L in continuous column runs. Finally, the underlying mechanisms of phosphate removal by MALS-Bs were revealed. Our work demonstrates that MALS-Bs can serve as a promising filling adsorbent candidate for the continuous removal of phosphate from wastewater. View this paper
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Articles (168)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,338 Views
15 Pages

19 February 2022

The concentrations of magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) in natural aqueous environments are controlled by sorption and dissolution–precipitation reactions. Ca binding in calcareous soils depends on the degree of solution saturation with respect t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,189 Views
14 Pages

Preparation of Antimony Sulfide and Enrichment of Gold by Sulfuration–Volatilization from Electrodeposited Antimony

  • Wei Wang,
  • Shuai Wang,
  • Jia Yang,
  • Chengsong Cao,
  • Kanwen Hou,
  • Lixin Xia,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Baoqiang Xu and
  • Bin Yang

19 February 2022

Electrodeposited antimony can be treated with sulfuration–volatilization technology, which causes antimony to volatilize in the form of antimony sulfide. During this process, gold is enriched in the residue, thereby realizing the value-added us...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,820 Views
10 Pages

18 February 2022

Entrainment has been considered as an important factor affecting clayey ore flotation. In this study, the effect of reagent dosage on chalcopyrite flotation in the presence of bentonite and kaolinite was investigated through entrainment. It was found...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,641 Views
29 Pages

18 February 2022

Combined sandstone petrography and heavy mineral analysis allow to decipher different sediment routing systems that could not be resolved by one method alone in the South Pyrenean foreland basin. We apply this approach to deltaic and alluvial deposit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,127 Views
13 Pages

18 February 2022

Electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) presents a contamination hazard due to its heavy metal leachability. The traditional disposal methods of landfill or stacking not only pose a threat to the environment but also waste metal resources. This paper adopte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,536 Views
13 Pages

Clean Utilization of Limonite Ore by Suspension Magnetization Roasting Technology

  • Jianping Jin,
  • Xinran Zhu,
  • Pengchao Li,
  • Yanjun Li and
  • Yuexin Han

17 February 2022

As a typical refractory iron ore, the utilization of limonite ore with conventional mineral processing methods has great limitations. In this study, suspension magnetization roasting technology was developed and utilized to recover limonite ore. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,835 Views
24 Pages

Evolution of Ore-Forming Fluids and Gold Deposition of the Sanakham Lode Gold Deposit, SW Laos: Constrains from Fluid Inclusions Study

  • Shusheng Liu,
  • Linnan Guo,
  • Jun Ding,
  • Lin Hou,
  • Siwei Xu,
  • Meifeng Shi,
  • Huimin Liang,
  • Fei Nie and
  • Xiaoyu Cui

17 February 2022

The Sanakham gold deposit is a newly discovered gold deposit in the Luang Prabang (Laos)–Loei (Thailand) metallogenic belt. It consists of a series of auriferous quartz-sulfide veins, which is distinguished from the regional known porphyry-rela...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
8,493 Views
23 Pages

An Evaluation on the Impact of Ore Fragmented by Blasting on Mining Performance

  • Ayyub Nikkhah,
  • Ali Behrad Vakylabad,
  • Ahmad Hassanzadeh,
  • Tomasz Niedoba and
  • Agnieszka Surowiak

17 February 2022

In open-pit mines, the blast operation should be effectively optimized, leading to minimization of production costs through the application of specific technical specifications. However, there is inadequate information in the literature to link blast...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,256 Views
13 Pages

17 February 2022

Recovery of process water for recirculation is crucial, as the cost of adding additional fresh water is an economic constraint that is often prohibitive. Solid–liquid separation is a key process in the recovery of water resources. Therefore, re...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,883 Views
14 Pages

An Investigation into the Adsorption of Ammonium by Zeolite-Magnetite Composites

  • Xiaoming Huang,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Zhang Kang,
  • Xiao Yang and
  • Min Pan

17 February 2022

The discharging of ammonium from industrial, domestic, and livestock sewage has caused eutrophication of the water environment. The objectives of this study are to synthesize magnetic zeolite (M-Zeo) by an eco-friendly, economical, and easy procedure...

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