Flotation and Leaching Processes in Metallurgy (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2024) | Viewed by 1711
Special Issue Editor
Interests: leaching; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; flotation
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Dear Colleagues,
Flotation and leaching processes are frequently used for metal extraction in the mining industry. Froth flotation involves intense treatment of resulting tails, affecting how water can be recycled in upstream operations. This is of great relevance, considering that the concentration circuits consume the highest proportion of water resources.
The constant depletion of high-grade minerals on Earth’s surface has significant consequences, and the industry is forced to:
- Increase production levels to compensate for the drop in grades;
- Diversify the extraction of other elements and obtain byproducts from the main element to be exploited;
- Reduce costs in essential resources such as water and electricity.
It is necessary to develop technological innovations to increase/optimize the recovery of metals of interest through conventional processes; reuse industrial waste to lower production costs; and reduce water consumption to minimize environmental impacts.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to compile works related to the development of novel processes to recover metals through leaching and flotation processes and optimize the use of water through solid–liquid separation stages for its subsequent reuse in extractive metallurgy processes. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) leaching (in general), froth flotation (in general), thickening (in extractive metallurgy processes), ionic liquids, new water sources, and industrial waste reuse.
Dr. Norman Toro
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- leaching
- flotation
- rheology
- mining waste
- alternative water
- thermodynamics
- optimization
- simulation
- tailings
- deep-sea mining
- ionic liquids
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