Rare Earth Element Extraction, Recovery, Separation and Purification
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 739
Special Issue Editor
Interests: rare earths; separation; purification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the growth in demand for rare earths in the field of cutting-edge materials and technologies, it makes sense to extract and recover them from minerals and secondary resources and subject them to further separation and purification. Please consider submitting your excellent research to this Special Issue of Metals devoted to aspects of rare earth extractive metallurgy. This also includes green and low-carbon hydrometallurgy processes, along with newly synthesized separation materials and the recycling and re-utilization of waste resources with green, harmless and economical process. Possible topics include mechanisms and extraction, recovery, separation and purification technologies. Suggested application areas include rare earths and associated elements such as uranium, thorium, radium, iron, aluminum, etc. Studies on both primary and recycled resources will be considered.
Dr. Shengting Kuang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- rare earths
- extraction
- recovery
- separation
- purification
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