Minerals

Recycling of Mining and Solid Wastes

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10223 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling; secondary resources; solid wastes; urban mining; mining wastes; metallurgical wastes; construction and demolition waste; e-waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Experimental and Numerical Studies of Mineral Comminution: 3rd Edition

edited by

Josep Oliva

and

Hernán Anticoi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5411 | Submission Open

Keywords: comminution; modeling; crushing; grinding; liberation; optimization; energy saving

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Geometallurgy Applied to Mine Planning

edited by

Douglas Mazzinghy

, Julian Ortiz and Nelson Morales

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 975 | Submission Open

Keywords: mine planning including geometallurgical variables; deterministic and probabilistic mine planning modelling; tactical or strategic geometallurgy applied to mine planning; case studies using real or synthetic datasets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Graphite and Metal Recovery from Spent Li-Ion Batteries

edited by Anna Vanderbruggen and

Ruiting Zhan

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 366 | Submission Open

Keywords: lithium-ion batteries; recycling; critical raw materials; mineral processing; flotation; direct recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Surface Chemistry and Reagents in Flotation

edited by

Shiva Mohammadi-Jam

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 7014 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation; surface chemistry; hydrophobicity; frother; collector; depressant

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in the Theory and Technology of Physical Separation

edited by

Dongfang Lu

and

Mehdi Safari

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 5875 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical separation; gravity separation; magnetic separation; particle classification; ray beneficiation; mineral preselection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Thermodynamics, Mechanism and Kinetics of Metallurgical Processes, 2nd Edition

edited by

Álvaro Aracena Caipa

and

Hyunjung Kim (Nick)

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2269 | Submission Open

Keywords: thermodynamics for high and low temperatures; heterogeneous kinetics; extractive metallurgical processes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in the Theory and Technology of Biohydrometallurgy

edited by Yan Jia and He Shang

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 403 | Submission Open

Keywords: biohydrometallurgy; bioleaching; bio-oxidation; biomining; microbe-mineral interaction; microbial communities; genomics/metabolomics/transcriptomics; sulfide minerals; secondary resources; leaching kinetics; process modeling; reactor design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Electroremediation Techniques Applied to the Treatment of Industry Waste

edited by

Pamela Lazo

and María Gabriela Lobos

submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 115 | Submission Open

Keywords: electrochemical techniques; wastewater; tailings remediation; heavy metal removal

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Harnessing Surface Chemistry for Enhanced Mineral Recovery

edited by

Liuyang Dong

, Peilun Shen, Jia Tian and Ya Gao

submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2333 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing; froth flotation; flotation reagents; flotation surface chemistry; flotation theory and technology; flotation separation and purification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Characterization and Reuse of Slag

edited by Eduardo Junca, Felipe Fardin Grillo and Jorge Luís Coleti

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7193 | Submission Open

Keywords: slag valorization; circular economy; slag processing; metallurgical byproduct

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Application of Machine Learning in Mining, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

edited by

Javier Ruiz del Solar

,

Humberto Estay

and Pia Lois-Morales

submission deadline 29 Aug 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1456 | Submission Open

Keywords: machine learning applied to mining; mineral processing; and extractive metallurgy; predictive modeling of mining and metallurgical processes; machine learning-based control of mining and metallurgical processes; machine learning-based water and energy optimization in mining; machine learning-based optimization of mining and metallurgical processes; predictive maintenance of equipment and components; optimization strategies and modeling of metallurgical process performance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Selected Papers from the 7th International Conference of Young Scholars in Mineral Processing

edited by

Zhiyong Gao

, Zhao Cao,

Jian Cao

,

Shihong Xu

and Zhitao Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 6633 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in mineral processing technology; sustainable and environmentally friendly processing methods; economic analysis and feasibility studies; innovative research methodologies; case studies and practical applications; policy and regulatory impacts on mineral processing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Advances in Automated Mineralogy: From SEM-Based Systems to µXRF, 3D µCT and Beyond

edited by

Otávio da Fonseca Martins Gomes

, Reiner Neumann and

Andrew Menzies

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 470 | Submission Open

Keywords: scanning electron microscope (SEM); micro X-ray fluorescence (µ XRF); 3D X-ray micro computed tomography (3D µ CT); process mineralogy; mineral liberation analysis; geometallurgy; geosciences; petroleum exploration; petroleum production

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Slag Valorization for Advanced Metal Production, 2nd Edition

edited by

Basak Anameric

and Timothy C. Eisele

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1561 | Submission Open

Keywords: slag; slag valorization; energy from slags; metal recycling; slag aggregates

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Developments in the Technology and Equipment for Coal Beneficiation

edited by Zhijun Zhang,

Yinfei Liao

, Guichuan Ye and

Fardis Nakhaei

submission deadline 26 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 395 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal beneficiation; coal preparation; flotation; gravity separation; classification; dewatering

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Green and Efficient Recovery/Extraction of Rare Earth Resources

edited by

Gaofeng Wang

and Yongqiang Yang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 11079 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth elements; recovery; extraction; mining

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Interfacial Chemistry of Critical Mineral Flotation

edited by Jianyong He,

Yijun Cao

, Fanfan Zhang and Shaohang Cao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 8 articles | Viewed by 8945 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral surface chemistry; fine particle flotation; critical mineral; molecular design; surface hydration; surface hydroxylation; metal ion-activated flotation; structure and performance; first-principles calculations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Hydrometallurgical Treatments of Copper Ores, By-Products and Waste

edited by

Víctor Quezada

,

María Cecilia Hernández Vera

and

Alisiya Biserova-Tachieva

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2396 | Submission Open

Keywords: leaching; hydrometallurgy; copper sulfide ore; copper oxidized ore; dissolution; solvent extraction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Coal Fly Ash as a Resource: Advances in Characterization, Utilization and Sustainable Solutions

edited by

Frédéric J. Doucet

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2172 | Submission Open

Keywords: coal fly ash; characterization; utilization; valorization; aluminosilicate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Desorption and/or Reuse of Collectors in Mineral Flotation

edited by Jianjun Wang,

Yuesheng Gao

,

Mehdi Safari

and Hao Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1335 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation; collector; desorption; reuse; wastewater treatment; solid– liquid separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Innovations in Hydrometallurgy: Traditional and Emerging Approaches for Sustainable Metal Recovery

edited by

Sehliselo Ndlovu

,

Mostafa Khodakarami

and Thandazile Moyo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 895 | Submission Open

Keywords: hydrometallurgy; sustainable extraction; circular economy; urban mining; environmental impact; innovative techniques; traditional approaches; resource efficiency; resource recovery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Application of Nanomaterials in Mineral Processing

edited by

Alien Blanco-Flores

and

Hyunjung Kim (Nick)

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 456 | Submission Open

Keywords: nanomaterials; flotation; surface modification; selective separation; nanoparticles; catalysts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineral Processing and Recycling Technologies for Sustainable Future

edited by Zoran Štirbanović,

Bojan A. Marinković

,

Zhiyong Gao

and Zhitao Feng

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2777 | Submission Open

Keywords: advances in mineral processing; recycling of waste materials for sustainable future; critical minerals utilization from waste and natural resources; innovative solutions in mineral and recycling industry; decarbonization and green technologies; energy transition for climate change reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Rheological, Mechanical and Hydration Properties of Cemented Paste Backfill

edited by Baoxu Yan,

Erol Yilmaz

and

Abbas Taheri

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 329 | Submission Open

Keywords: cemented paste backfill; tailings recycling; rheology; hydration kinetics; sustainability; numerical modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Extraction of Valuable Elements from Salt Lake Brine

edited by Enze Li, Jie Ding and

Feng Jiang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 311 | Submission Open

Keywords: solution chemistry of salt lake brine; separation technologies of valuable elements; interface regulation and process intensification; material flow analysis of valuable elements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances and Applications of High-Pressure Grinding Rolls Designs and Operational Strategies

edited by

Victor A. Rodriguez

and

Luís Marcelo M. Tavares

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 178 | Submission Open

Keywords: HPGR; cheek plates; flanges; studs; wear; skewing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Sustainable Mining: Advancements, Challenges and Future Directions

edited by

Jacopo Seccatore

and

Tatiane Marin

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5607 | Submission Open

Keywords: small scale mining; zero waste mining; mine closure; low mineral grades; great depth mining; circular economy of minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Particle–Bubble Interactions in the Flotation Process

edited by Guichao Wang and

Xiangning Bu

submission deadline 22 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2522 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation; turbulence effects; bubble– particle collision; attachment; detachment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Kinetic Characterization and Its Applications in Mineral Processing

edited by

Luis Vinnett

,

Ahmad Hassanzadeh

and Diego Mesa

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 940 | Submission Open

Keywords: flotation kinetics; breakage rate; flotation rate; selection function; scale-up; time-recovery data; flotation modelling; comminution modelling; simulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineralogy of Iron Ore Sinters, 3rd Edition

edited by

Mark I. Pownceby

,

Miyuki Hayashi

and

Joonho Lee

submission deadline 28 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 357 | Submission Open

Keywords: sinter mineralogy; crystal structures; phase equilibria; characterisation; formation mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Physical Separation of Gold, Iron Ore and Rare Earth Minerals

edited by

Ozan Kokkilic

,

Pengbo Chu

and

Firat Burat

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10791 | Submission Open

Keywords: physical separation; mineral processing; gold; iron; rare earth elements; sustainable recovery of metals; impact of particle morphology (shape; roughness; and surface properties) on beneficiation; key challenges related to gravity; magnetic; and electrostatic separations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Acid Mine Drainage: A Challenge or an Opportunity?

edited by

Johannes Phillippus Maree

,

Elvis Fosso-Kankeu

and

Kagiso More

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 10096 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; valuable products; brine treatment; sludge processing; feasibility; acid mine drainage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Advances in Ore Comminution

edited by Lixia Li, Lanhao Wang, Jiwei Lu and

Daniel Saramak

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5116 | Submission Open

Keywords: comminution technology; energy efficiency; sorting; comminution circuit design; automation control; liberation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Grinding Chemistry and Its Impact on Downstream Processing

edited by Chris Greet,

Shihong Xu

and

Richmond K. Asamoah

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3713 | Submission Open

Keywords: grinding media; mineralogy; collector adsorption; grade and recovery; gold leaching; cyanide consumption; pulp chemistry; surface chemistry

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Optimization and Kinetics of Selective Extraction and Recovery of Gold from Primary and Secondary Resources

edited by

Nomvano Mketo

, Atefeh Azizitorghabeh and

Fariborz Faraji

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 272 | Submission Open

Keywords: gold extraction; gold recovery; optimization gold extraction; kinetics and modeling; gold primary resources; gold secondary resources; sustainable practices; gold mineral processing; environmental impact; bio-oxidation pretreatment; refractory gold-bearing ores

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Progress in the Processing of Rare-Earth Ore

edited by Fang Zhou, Yuefei Zhang and Zhao Cao

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 72 | Submission Open

Keywords: rare earth; rare-earth ore; leaching; swelling; seepage

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances on Fine Particles and Bubbles Flotation, 2nd Edition

edited by

Liuyi Ren

and

Siyuan Yang

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3349 | Submission Open

Keywords: fine particle flotation; microbubble flotation; bubble-particle flotation; bubble formation; bubble property; bubble modification; flocculation; agglomeration; interface

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Design, Modeling, Optimization and Control of Flotation Process, 2nd Edition

edited by

Fardis Nakhaei

and

Wengang Liu

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 32 | Submission Open

Keywords: froth flotation processes; optimization tools; modelling and simulation; froth control; cell design; flotation kinetics; modification and improvement of flotation circuits; gas dispersion; RTD measurement and modelling; particle– bubble modelling; first principal modelling; experimental design; mechanical and column cells; pneumatic flotation cells; experimental design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Recent Advances in Separation Techniques for Critical Minerals/Metals, Circular Economy, and Sustainability

edited by

Theerayut Phengsaart

,

Ilhwan Park

,

Carlito Tabelin

and Mayumi Ito

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6481 | Submission Open

Keywords: mineral processing/beneficiation; physical separation; selective comminution; size/shape separation; gravity separation; magnetic separation; electrical separation; flotation; extractive metallurgy; leaching; purification; solvent extraction; precipitation; cementation; adsorption; critical minerals/metals; primary/secondary resources; recycling; circular economy; environment; sustainability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Advances in Precious and Critical Mineral Beneficiation and Extraction

edited by

Richmond K. Asamoah

,

Ahmet Deniz Baş

,

George Blankson Abaka-Wood

, Kali Sanjay and

Jonas Addai-Mensah

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 18394 | Submission Open

Keywords: precious and critical minerals; complex ore bodies; physical separation and beneficiation; biomining; hydrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; solvent extraction and ion exchange; wastes and secondary metal sources; recycling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Waste Valorization: Recycling and Recovery of Critical and Strategic Metals

edited by Elif Emil Kaya,

Srecko Stopic

and Duygu Yilmaz

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4747 | Submission Open

Keywords: recycling and utilization of waste and industrial by-product; extraction of critical and strategic metals from mineral waste; EoL products; and industrial by-products; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; leaching; precipitation; solvent extraction; melting; hydrogen/metallothermic reduction; thermodynamical modeling and process simulations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Critical Minerals for Energy Transition: Advancing Energy Security and Sustainable Manufacturing

edited by

Nawshad Haque

,

Akshoy Ranjan Paul

and Shalini Verma

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 404 | Submission Open

Keywords: critical minerals; energy transition; green energy; low-carbon economy; sustainable supply chains; mineral recycling and circular economy; energy security; emission reduction; renewable energy; integration; material efficiency; geopolitical risks; circular economy; sustainable environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Innovation in Solvent Extraction for Metal Recovery

edited by

Felipe Olea

and

Esteban Quijada-Maldonado

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 326 | Submission Open

Keywords: selective solvent extraction; synergistic extraction; extraction stoichiometry; ion exchange; kinetic and thermodynamic in ion exchange; sustainable recovery of metals; molecular design; extractive metallurgy; purification of metals; critical minerals/metals; deep eutectic solvent; ionic liquids; new reagents; spent catalyst; technological waste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineralogical Characteristics and Purification Process of Quartz

edited by

Hongjuan Sun

,

Zijie Ren

,

Zengqing Sun

and Yehao Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 14 | Submission Open

Keywords: high-purity quartz; quartz purification/processing; trace element characterization; semiconductor materials; photovoltaic applications; quartz mineralogy/deposits; critical raw materials; advanced material purification; silicon-based technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Sustainable Extraction and Reuse of Metallurgical Wastes: Towards Circular Practices

edited by

Yecid Jimenez Bellott

and

Pía Hernández

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1381 | Submission Open

Keywords: metallurgical waste; circular economy; sustainable mining; waste management; metal recovery; recycling; bioleaching; hydrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; environmental impact assessment; life cycle analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

New Extraction Processes for Critical Metals from Non-Metallurgical Resources

edited by Rogério C.S. Navarro and

Amilton Barbosa Botelho Junior

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 876 | Submission Open

Keywords: electronic waste; battery metals; low-grade resources; metallurgical waste; pyrometallurgy; hydrometallurgy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Process Mineralogy, Plant Practice and Developments in Mineral Processing, 2nd Edition

edited by

Homero Delboni Júnior

, Laurindo De Salles Leal Filho and

Rodrigo Magalhães de Carvalho

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 31 | Submission Open

Keywords: process mineralogy; plant practice; comminution; sizing; minerals separation; sampling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy of Sulfide Ores, 2nd Edition

edited by

Hongbo Zhao

and

Jiushuai Deng

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 7 | Submission Open

Keywords: sulfide ores; flotation; (bio)hydrometallurgy; electrochemistry; surface chemistry; fluid inclusion; selective separation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

Circular Economy of Remining Secondary Raw Materials

edited by

Alexandra Guedes

,

Bruno Valentim

and

Rui Jorge Coleho de Sousa

submission deadline 30 May 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4318 | Submission Open

Keywords: waste rock; tailings; ashes; mineralogy; geochemistry; separation methods; toxic elements; radioactive elements; critical elements; strategic elements

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy)

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