Optimizing Metal Extraction Processes: Recent Advances in Leaching Technology
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2026 | Viewed by 626
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The metal-extraction process is a significant part of the recovery process. The main approaches adopted during the extraction process include pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, biometallurgy, etc. Of these approaches, hydrometallurgy, specifically leaching, has become a promising process due to its desirable recovery rate and high-purity end product. Leaching is a process where a solid mixture dissolves, usually resulting in the formation of an inert or less soluble solid residue and a solute component, i.e., ions and uncharged aquo-complexes. Metal extraction processes are becoming more and more environmentally friendly, as techniques are used that do not result in the level of pollution caused by previous processes. In recent decades, clean extraction processes have been proposed, which are efficient and have high recovery percentages. Sustainable mineral leaching processes are widely researched by different scientists, as they seek a reduction in water consumption and in the use of reagents that are aggressive to the environment, as well as processes with higher recovery percentages. Improvements to the leaching processes already used can also be an alternative to improve metal extraction in an environmentally friendly way.
This Special Issue, “Optimizing Metal Extraction Processes: Recent Advances in Leaching Technology”, seeks high-quality works focusing on the latest novel advances in metal extraction processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Recent leaching technology;
- Sustainable metallurgy processes;
- Extractive metallurgy processes;
- Environmentally friendly leaching processes;
Dr. Mizraim U. Flores
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- leaching
- metals
- extraction
- metallurgy
- novel processes
- sustainable processes
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