Application of Nanomaterials in Mineral Processing
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 129
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; textural characterization of materials; adsorption process; mineral modification; environmental remediation; flotation
Interests: mineral processing and extractive metallurgy; sustainable process development; urban mining; colloid chemistry
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Dear Colleagues,
One of the greatest challenges in mineral processing is “selectively” improving its efficiency. Nanotechnology offers tools to selectively recover valuable species in different types of minerals. This is possible using nanometric-scale materials, nanoparticles, nanoadsorbents, nanomaterials, etc., to directly impact areas of mineral processing such as the optimization of flotation processes, selective separation, the catalysis of leaching reactions, and wastewater treatment and tailing management to recover species of interest from mining waste. By applying nanomaterials, it will be possible to transform the mining industry, applying specialized knowledge to the utilization of nanotechnology and promoting more sustainable and efficient processes.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest advances in the application of nanomaterials to mineral processing in various areas, with original scientific research related to this objective.
The Special Issue focuses on the following topics: (1) nanomaterials; (2) concentration and separation processes of valuable species; and (3) tailing management and environmental remediation.
Dr. Alien Blanco-Flores
Prof. Dr. Hyunjung Kim (Nick)
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- flotation
- surface modification
- selective separation
- nanoparticles
- catalysts
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