Pollution and Remediation in Mining Engineering: Sustainable and Circular Economy Approaches
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2026 | Viewed by 127
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mineral processing; energy optimization; grinding mills; comminution
Interests: emerging pollutants; environmental remediation; nanomaterials; water treatment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We aim to publish a Special Issue that presents a set of themed articles on “Pollution and Remediation in Mining Engineering: Sustainable and Circular Economy Approaches”. This Special Issue will cover a broad range of relevant topics, such as the following:
- Sustainable ways of extracting minerals from the traditional mines. This includes the integration of clean energy technology in the mining industry.
- The application of mathematical modelling, machine learning, and simulation in integrated mine-to-mill flowsheet modelling.
- Extraction of metals from electronic waste and battery waste using environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and energy-efficient techniques for remediation and pollution control.
- Development of environmentally friendly recycling technologies that promote the reuse of metals, promoting circular economy and sustainability principles.
- Extraction of metals from low-grade ores and the processing of mineral waste dumps, using various strategies such as phytomining for reuse and remediation.
Dr. Ngonidzashe Chimwani
Dr. Nhamo Chaukura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mineral extraction
- phytomining
- phytoextraction
- bioleaching
- sustainability
- circular economy
- recycling
- pollution control
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