Metallurgical Solid Wastes Treatment and Utilization
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 4301
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the process of urbanization, the metallurgical industries that provide the basic materials needed for infrastructures, industrial facilities, vehicles, and buildings have grown exponentially. Large volumes of solid wastes are produced worldwide annually from the smelting, refining, and alloying activities of major metals, i.e., iron, copper, aluminum, zinc, and lead. Metallurgical solid wastes typically consist of slags, sludge, dusts, etc. Considering their high environmental impacts and suitability as a potential resource, the utilization, treatment, and management of metallurgical solid wastes is of great importance in the context of resource recovery and environmental protection. Although great efforts have been made to develop appropriate treatment, such as stabilization, solidification, and pyro-hydrometallurgical metal recovery, metallurgical wastes still constitute one of the world’s largest waste streams. Hence, more new techniques and applications need to be explored to ensure the long-term environmental sustainability of the industry.
In this Special Issue, we invite contributions from research areas regarding solid waste characterization and related resource recovery, reuse and recycling. Topics include but are not limited to the generation and characterization of wastes, secondary metal recovery, carbon capture, waste to energy, waste to value-added materials, and their interdisciplinary applications.
Dr. Peng Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- metallurgical process
- solid wastes
- utilization
- recovery
- materials
- applications
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