Advances in Mineral Processing, Waste Recycling and Extractive Metallurgy

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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