Advances in Mineral Processing, Waste Recycling and Extractive Metallurgy
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2023) | Viewed by 32056

Special Issue Editors
Interests: coal ash slags; thermodynamics; phase equilibria; SiO2-Al2O3-CaO-'FeO' system; slag viscosity; liquid metals; smelting processes; metallurgical waste utilization
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Interests: coal fly ash; high-silica bauxite; red mud; bauxite residue;aluminium dross; alumina production; coagulant polyaluminum chloride; high-pressure acid leaching (HPAL); flotation; magnetic separation; carbothermic reduction; mineral processing; non-ferrous metals extraction; waste utilization.
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Interests: mineral processing; trace element occurrence; hydrometallurgy; critical raw materials; utilization of coal combustion waste
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The permanent growth of the world economy and industry stimulates a constantly increasing production of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, while the depletion of natural resources leads to demands for the development of new technologies for the processing of low-grade ores and for deep recycling of metallurgical and other anthropogenic wastes. These new technologies in materials processing and waste recovery will play a major role in creating a sustainable future for humankind.
This Special Issue is devoted to the most relevant research in the pyro- and hydrometallurgy methods for extraction and recycling of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, including related studies of the chemical/phase composition and physical properties of the obtained products (concentrates, slags, metals, oxides, solutions, salts, etc.).
Dr. Alex Kondratiev
Dr. Dmitry Valeev
Dr. Jinhe Pan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bauxite
- titanomagnetite
- classification
- magnetic separation
- flotation
- hydrometallurgy
- acid or alkali leaching
- bio-hydrometallurgy
- resin sorption
- solvent extraction
- ionic liquids
- crystallization
- precipitation
- pyrometallurgy
- preliminary roasting
- reductive smelting
- calcination
- rare-earth element (REE) ores
- thermodynamics and kinetics
- green chemistry/process
- waste management
- low-grade resources
- slag
- coal gangue
- electric arc furnace
- red mud
- tailings
- coal fly ash
- aluminum dross
- industrial wastes and by-products
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