Process Mineralogy, Plant Practice and Developments in Mineral Processing, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 832
Special Issue Editors
Interests: practice of mineral processing; comminution; sizing and concentration
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Interests: fundamentals and practice of mineral processing
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Interests: comminution; discrete element method; modeling and simulation; classification; numerical methods; materials handling; mineral processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to gather contributions from those who have developed sound solutions for problems posed by the industry, making use of practical approaches such as process mineralogy, enhanced sampling, data analysis and modelling, and mine-to-mill integrated solutions, as well as improvements in plant performance via new reagents, equipment, instrumentation, and/or control. The approach to many specific problems in mineral processing commonly starts in the laboratory and is primarily governed by fundamental physical and chemical laws whose effect is reasonably predicted when applied to relatively pure minerals studied under ideal conditions. Although such an approach has promoted considerable progress in our understanding of mechanisms and even provoked insights which may have led to innovations, a strong empiricism supports mineral processing conducted on an industrial scale. In fact, practitioners work with plants that usually process hundreds of tons per hour of ores, using recycled water instead of pure water, making use of the statistical appraisal of routine sampling information to manage daily process control and continuously adjusting process variables to adapt the operating equipment to variations in mass pull, ore texture, and composition. Those professionals certainly have relevant experience on how to deal with revenant problems frequently found around the world. Because the Guest Editors of this Special Issue firmly believe that the synergism between ideal and real approaches plays a pivotal role in the expansion of knowledge, both researchers and practitioners are highly encouraged to share their experience with the mineral processing community on how to approach and solve practical problems posed by the mineral industry. The first edition addressed most of the aspects related to progress in bridging the fundamental mechanisms involved in mineral processing to the operation of industrial plants. The gap is narrowed by the increasing substitution of empirical practice by engineering-oriented approach for improving plant performance. The second edition of the Special Issue of the Process Mineralogy, Plant Practice and Developments in Mineral Processing aims to include developments in aspects such as advanced characterization of critical minerals, increasing the efficiency in comminution equipment and circuits, advanced mathematical modelling, innovative mineral processing flowsheets, updated process control, fundamental and applied knowledge in flotation, solid-liquid separation process and equipment for tailings disposal, reprocessing of plant tailings, characterization and processing of minerals for energy transition and circular mining.
Prof. Dr. Homero Delboni Júnior
Prof. Dr. Laurindo De Salles Leal Filho
Dr. Rodrigo Magalhães de Carvalho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- process mineralogy
- plant practice
- comminution
- sizing
- minerals separation
- sampling
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