Extractive Metallurgy of Copper, Molybdenum, and Associated Critical Metals: Kinetics, Process Separation, and Resource Circularity
A Special Issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X) belonging to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2027 | Viewed by 93
Editors
Interests: thermodynamics and kinetics of extractive metallurgy processes; kinetics of extraction/purification of metals from residues; concentration of elements of interest from dilute solutions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The continuous depletion of high-grade ore deposits, combined with the rising global demand for strategic elements, represents one of the most critical challenges in modern extractive metallurgy. Within this scenario, optimizing the processing of base metals such as copper and molybdenum, alongside the recovery of associated critical metals, is essential for securing the global supply chain and achieving environmental sustainability. To address these challenges, the metallurgical industry must rely on deep fundamental knowledge coupled with innovative operational strategies.
This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research and comprehensive reviews focused on the fundamental and applied aspects of chemical metallurgy about copper, molybdenum and critical metals. Contributions should address the thermodynamic and kinetic boundaries governing leaching, roasting, or flotation processes, as well as advanced technologies for solution purification, selective separation, and impurity control. A special emphasis is placed on heterogeneous kinetic modeling and transport phenomena that explain reaction mechanisms in complex mineral matrixes.
Simultaneously, this volume seeks to explore the frontiers of resource circularity of associated critical metals. We welcome studies dealing with the valorization of metallurgical wastes—such as tailings, slags, and industrial effluents from copper and molybdenum industry—and the recycling of secondary resources (e-waste and spent batteries) with the purpose of extracting critical metals, and secondarily copper and molybdenum. By bridging the gap between fundamental process kinetics, advanced separation techniques, and circular economy principles, this Special Issue intends to provide a holistic platform for cutting-edge technologies that will shape the next generation of eco-efficient extractive metallurgy for copper, molybdenum and critical metals.
Dr. Álvaro Aracena Caipa
Prof. Dr. Fang Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- copper and molybdenum metallurgy
- critical and strategic metals
- leaching kinetics
- advanced separation processes
- resource circularity
- tailings and waste valorization
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