Advanced Extraction and Recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Dear Colleagues,

Rare earth elements, as critical strategic resources, play a pivotal role in the global economy and technological advancement and are widely recognized as essential raw materials for securing competitive advantages in future high-tech industries. With the ongoing expansion of global rare earth exploitation, ore deposits are becoming increasingly lean, finely disseminated, and complex in composition, leading to escalating challenges in resource development. Sustained technological innovation is therefore imperative to ensure efficient recovery and utilization of rare earth resources. Overcoming the limitations of conventional processing methods and advancing greener, more intelligent extraction technologies have emerged as key priorities in the evolution of rare earth resource development.

This Topical Collection presents cutting-edge research on green process innovation, intelligent equipment advancement, and cross-disciplinary technological integration in the context of rare earth resource development. The themes of the collection are extensive and include, but are not limited to, the following fields:

(1) Green extraction process for ionic-type rare earth ore.

(2) High-efficiency flotation recovery of rare earth elements in mineral phases.

(3) Rare earth bio-metallurgy technology.

(4) High-efficiency extraction of rare earth elements from low-concentration lixivium.

(5) High-efficiency and short-process recovery technology of rare earth elements from secondary resources.

Prof. Dr. Xianping Luo
Prof. Dr. Hepeng Zhou
Prof. Dr. Zhenyue Zhang
Dr. Xuekun Tang
Collection Editors

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