Extractive Metallurgy
A section of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Section Information
This section of Metals covers the broad field of metal production and focuses on a deeper understanding of the routes and mechanisms for the extraction of metals from primary raw materials (concentrates, mining and mineral processing waste) and the recovery of metals from secondary raw materials (scrap, end-of-life products, industrial waste, intermediates) through recycling. The section also covers not only processes based on reaction chemistries but also processes from the field of special metallurgy, e.g., physical refining.
The field of process metallurgy and metal recycling incorporates all metals in our periodic system and extends them to the full broadness of engineering subjects for all unit operations based on wet-chemical (hydrometallurgy) and high-temperature chemistry (pyrometallurgy). Protective gas and vacuum technologies are used to produce high-purity metals and smart materials. On the other hand, low-cost technologies must be employed for the selective and economic recovery of metals from scrap residues. Reflecting on global resource conservation, energy consumption and prevention as well as follow-up environment protection technologies are significant preconditions for the development of all materials’ flow analyses and ecobalances for metallurgical processes and their products.
Contributions on the modelling and simulation of extraction processes are welcome. Papers may present experimental or theoretical studies and should focus on both the "metal-containing material flow" and the "process technology". Research on optimizing process chains and minimizing new waste generation in order to safeguard the plobal challenge fulfilling the circular economy goals is addressed in this section. All submitted contributions are subject to a strict peer review process and the decision on publication is always based on the recommendations of independent experts.
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Electrorefining in Sustainable Metals Production (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Metallurgy and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Recycling and Recovery of Rare Earth Metals (Deadline: 30 September 2021)
- Advanced Technologies in Bio/Hydrometallurgy for Recovery and Recycling of Metals (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Processing and Characterization of Metal Containing Wastes (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Numerical Modeling of Metallurgical Processes: Continuous Casting and Electroslag Remelting (Deadline: 31 October 2021)
- Leaching and Recycling of Metals (Deadline: 1 November 2021)
- Utilization of Industrial By-Products—Recovery of Rare Earth Elements (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Recovery of Valuable Metals from Industrial By-Products (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Recycling of Metal-Based Compounds for Energy and Technology Applications (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advances in Selective Flotation and Leaching Process in Metallurgy (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Non-ferrous Metal Recycling (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Advances in Ironmaking and Steelmaking Processes (Deadline: 30 November 2021)
- Protection Technology of Metallic Materials (Deadline: 15 December 2021)
- Metal Recovery and Separation from Polymetallic Slags (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainable Metallurgical Processes for Metallic Waste Valorization (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Understanding Metal Electrolysis Processes (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Separation and Leaching for Metals Recovery 2021 (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Oxygen Steelmaking Process (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Advances in Understanding of Unit Operations in Non-ferrous Extractive Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 December 2021)
- Sustainability for Extraction and Recovery of Precious, Strategic and Rare Earth Metals (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Advanced Technologies for Extractive Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Recent Advances in Leaching and Extractive Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 January 2022)
- Advances in Leaching of Metals from Ore and Mining Metallurgical Waste (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Sustainable Metal Waste Management: Biological Approaches (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- How to Recover Efficiently Critical Metals from Their Secondary Resources (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Metal Recovery from Aqueous Media Using Microemulsion Systems (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Advances in Pyrite Flotation (Deadline: 28 February 2022)
- Advanced Sorbents for Separation of Metal Ions (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Thermal Conditioning of Metals and EoL-Products for Improved Recycling Efficiency (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Novel Raw Materials and Energy Sources for Ironmaking and Steelmaking (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Slag Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Modeling and Simulation of Metallurgical Processes in Ironmaking and Steelmaking (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Flotation and Leaching Processes in Metallurgy (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Cleaner Hydrometallurgical Production of Rare and Precious Metals (Deadline: 31 March 2022)
- Advances in Mineral Processing and Hydrometallurgy II (Deadline: 31 May 2022)
- Recycling of Rare Earth Metals (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Fundamentals of Advanced Pyrometallurgy (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- New Science Based Concepts for Increased Efficiency in Battery Recycling 2022 (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- New Technologies for Metals Recovery from Industrial Wastes (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Green Mining (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Reuse and Recycling of By-Products in the Steel Sector (Deadline: 31 July 2022)