Dear Colleagues,

Mineral processing is at an exciting transition as we seek to address the huge energy and water costs of separating minerals to improve the sustainability of resource extraction. Mineral separation technologies that do not use water, in particular, are gaining attention. These technologies are often based on gravity, magnetic and electrostatic forces. New developments in mineral separation exploiting these forces have the potential to enhance, optimise and/or transform the environmental impact of mineral processing.

This Special Issue will cover the latest developments in gravity, magnetic and electrostatic techniques for mineral separation, including primary mineral extraction and recycling. Research addressing dry processing challenges is particularly welcome. Gravity separation includes both low gravity (e.g., space applications) and enhanced gravity. Separation exploiting magnetic forces includes low and high intensity, wet and dry applications. Electrostatic forces for mineral separation include charging by corona discharge, conductive induction and tribocharging. Papers that demonstrate new understanding and modelling of these complex systems are particularly welcome, as are those that show new developments in equipment design and plant design or new applications of existing technology. Papers from academia and industry are invited.

Dr. Kathryn Hadler
Prof. Dr. Jan Cilliers
Guest Editors

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• Gravity separation
• Enhanced gravity
• Magnetic separation
• Dry magnetic separation
• Electrostatic separation
• Dry processing
• Recycling