Special Issue "Sustainable Metallurgical Processing and Industrial Solid Waste Recycling"

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Yuanbo Zhang
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School of Minerals Processing&Bioengineering,Central South University,Changsha 410083,China
Interests: green metallurgy processing; mineral processing; waste minimization and recycling; CO2 capture and reduction
Dr. Zijian Su
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School of Minerals Processing & Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, Hunan, China
Interests: mineral processing and metallurgical engineering; mineral functional materials; recycling of industrial solid wastes
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Prof. Dr. Corby G. Anderson
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Kroll Institute for Extractive Metallurgy, Mining Engineering Department & George S. Ansell Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA
Interests: extractive metallurgy; mineral processing; waste minimization; recycling
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Prof. Dr. Hongming Long
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School of Metallurgical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan, Anhui 243002, China
Interests: ferrous metalurgy; sintering processing; waste minimization; recycling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

One of the most important challenges almost every country is facing in the 21st century is the exhaustion of minerals and fossil energy resources. Due to the fact that economic development is strongly dependent on the use of natural resources, the gap between demand and supply of natural resources is becoming bigger and bigger. Moreover, a large number of industrial solid wastes harmful to the environment are generated, and they are difficult to utilize and recycle. Therefore, optimizing the extracting and recycling processes for critical metals, setting quality standards of wasted materials, and developing cleaner production technologies of wasted materials is an important way to address the dilemma of resource shortage and environmental protection.

This Special Issue of Sustainability is devoted to aspects of sustainable metallurgical processing and industrial solid waste recycling. If you are interested in this topic, please consider submitting your valuable work to this issue. This topic includes green/intelligent/sustainable metallurgical processing, industrial waste minimization and recycling, and CO2 emission reduction. Critical metals (Ni, Co, Mo, Sn, PGMs, Ga, In, Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, Pb, Fe, Cr, Mn, etc.) recovery from  wasted materials (e-wastes, scrap metals, etc.) and utilization of metallurgical slags/dusts are also welcomed. Also, topics related to the utilization of low-grade ferrous or nonferrous resources and tailings will be considered. Review papers and original papers are welcome. Thank you.

Prof. Yuanbo Zhang
Dr. Zijian Su
Prof. Dr. Corby G. Anderson
Prof. Dr. Hongming Long
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • low-carbon metallurgy
  • hydrogen metallurgy
  • intelligent metallurgy
  • metallurgical slag utilization
  • secondary resources recycling
  • metal recovery
  • hazadous waste disposal and stabilization
  • low-grade primary resource processing
  • steel scrap reuse
  • CO2 capture
  • CO2 reduction

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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