Renewable Energy in Mineral Processing

Dear Colleagues,

The increasing demand for minerals and metals and their environmental impacts of processing pose a significant challenge for society. It is highly energy intensive industry. In recent years, there have been a few developments in large-scale renewable energy technologies and example cases can now be given for the use of renewable energy such as solar and wind at an industrial scale. The large scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farms have been in use for few mining operations in Chile and Australia supplementing their energy need. The Concentrated solar thermal (CST) energy can potentially be used for mineral processing where medium grade heat is required (e.g., concentrate drying and iron ore induration). Techno-economic performance and environmental benefits of such propositions are also necessary for the wide adoption of such technologies. Minerals is planning for a Special Issue focusing on integrating large scale renewable energy use in mining, mineral processing, and metal production. Any research concerning this topic will be considered for publication in this Special Issue.

Dr. Nawshad Haque
Guest Editor

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