Minerals

Prof. Dr. Sabrina Hedrich

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Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Biosciences, Leipziger Str. 29, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Interests: geomicrobiology; biohydrometallurgy; biogeochemical processes; biomining; bioleaching; mineral-microbe interactions
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Prof. Dr. Yuehua Hu

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School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: minerals processing; crystal chemistry of minerals; solution chemistry of flotation; electrochemistry of flotation; wastewater treatment
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Prof. Dr. M. Thaddeus Ityokumbul

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Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: leaching; kinetics; flotation; mineral sequestration of CO₂

Prof. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Jyothi

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Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) 124 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34132, Republic of Korea
Interests: resources to materials via environmental management; sustainable secondary resources innovation; hydrometallurgy & urban mining; clean energy technology applications & sustainable energy solutions; establish policy for resources recovery and recycling
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Dr. Alexander Mikhailovich Kalinkin

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Tananaev Institute of Chemistry, Subdivision of the Federal Research Centre "Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences", 184209 Apatity, Russia
Interests: utilization of waste from mining and other industries in the form of geopolymers; reactivity of minerals; mechanical activation of minerals; mechanochemistry; solid state chemistry; thermodynamics of minerals

Prof. Dr. Ali Karrech

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School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering, The University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
Interests: slope stability; limit analysis; numerical methods; mining; finite element method; poromechanics

Dr. Jakub Kierczak

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Instytut Nauk Geologicznych, Uniwersytet Wrocławski, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland
Interests: environmental mineralogy and geochemistry; metallurgical slags; mobility of metallic elements of natural and anthropogenic origin; ultramafic soils
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Prof. Dr. Hyunjung Kim

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Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Korea
Interests: (bio)flotation; colloid chemistry in mineral processing; resources recycling; sustainable process development; fate, transformation, and transport of nanomaterials; extractive metallurgy
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Prof. Dr. Przemyslaw B. Kowalczuk

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Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, S.P. Andersens veg 15a, 7031 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: mineral processing; minerals engineering; flotation; physicochemistry of surfaces; colloids systems; hydrophobicity; minerals; surface properties; extractive metallurgy; leaching
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Prof. Dr. Versiane Albis Leão

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil
Interests: hydrometallurgy; leaching; bioleaching; mine affected waters; mine residues; solution purification

Prof. Dr. Dianwen Liu

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State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Faculty of Land Resource Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China
Interests: mineral separation; flotation reagents; surface analysis; leaching; mineral surface chemistry; process mineralogy; comprehensive utilization of mineral resources
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Prof. Dr. Wengang Liu

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School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
Interests: flotation reagents; separation and purification of complex minerals; hydrometallurgical processing of minerals; comprehensive utilization of tailings
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Prof. Dr. Alejandro López-Valdivieso

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Instituto de Metalurgia, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis 78300, México
Interests: flotation chemistry; magnetic concentration; mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; waste water treatment; mineralogy; nano materials

Prof. Dr. Xianping Luo

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School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou 341000, China
Interests: complex sulfide ore; rare metals; rare earth; mineral processing; salt-lake resources
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Prof. Dr. Bojan A. Marinković

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Departamento de Engenharia Química e de Materiais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro 22451-900, Brazil
Interests: photocatalysis; nanomaterials; semiconductors
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Dr. María Ángeles Martín-Lara

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Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Interests: biomass gasification, pyrolysis, and torrefaction; adsorption of contaminants (mainly heavy metals) by porous solids; advances in mineral processing and management of mining waste; plastic waste management; life cycle assessment
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Prof. Dr. Brajendra Mishra

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Material Science and Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609, USA
Interests: mineral processing; materials recycling; hydrometallurgy; electrometallurgy; pyrometallurgy; characterization
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Dr. Thomas Mütze

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Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Helmholtz Institut Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF), Chemnitzer Straße 40, 09599 Freiberg, Germany
Interests: particle bed behavior; HPGR; VRM; grinding fundamentals; single particle breakage; grinding circuit design; dynamic air classification; static air classifiers; bulk handling; silo design

Prof. Dr. Cyril O'Connor

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Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Interests: flotation; reagent development

Dr. Naoko Okibe

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Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Interests: biohydrometallurgy; biomining; bioleaching; biooxidation; bioreduction; metal bioremediation; geomicrobiology
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Dr. Ilhwan Park

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Division of Sustainable Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0808, Japan
Interests: mineral processing; flotation; hydrometallurgy; leaching; electrochemistry; resource recycling; environmental remediation; acid mine drainage; sulfide passivation
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Prof. Dr. M Akbar Rhamdhani

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Department of Mechanical and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, ATC844 | H38 | John St., Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia
Interests: hydrogen energy; metallurgy and metals recycling; waste recycling; circular economy, gasification; technoeconomics; LCA
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio

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Departament d’Enginyeria Minera, Industrial i TIC (EMIT), Escola Politècnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Manresa (EPSEM), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Av. Bases de Manresa 61–63, 08242 Manresa, Spain
Interests: mineral processing; gravity concentration; ore treatment; waste recycling; construction and demolition waste; jigging
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Prof. Dr. Keiko Sasaki

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Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Interests: biohydrometallurgy; biooxidation; bioremediation; cementitious materials; clay minerals; geopolymer; photocatalysts; radioactive wastes; resource recovery; spectroscopy; wastewater treatment
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Dr. Gamini Senanayake

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Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering & Chemistry, School of Engineering & Information Technology, Murdoch University, 90, South Street, Perth, WA 6150, Australia
Interests: characterization; pre-treatment; thermodynamic-kinetic-transport modelling related to metal extraction; mineral-gangue-electro-solution chemistry; roasting; leaching; precipitation; purification; metal recovery; recycling; education

Dr. Carlos Sierra Fernández

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Department of Mining, Topography and Structural Engineering, University of León, Av/Silverio Fernández Tirador, 24007 León, Spain
Interests: environmental engineering; process engineering; mineral processing; environmental conditions in mines; risk assessment; geometallurgy; environmental geochemistry; soil pollution; soil washing; hazardous materials management
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Prof. Dr. Geoffrey S. Simate

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School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
Interests: leaching and metal recovery; acid mine drainage; hydrometallurgy; mineral processing; coagulation and flocculation; adsorption; carbon nanotechnology; water treatment and purification; reduce, reuse, and recycle of metal resources
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Prof. Dr. Wei Sun

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School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: flotation reagent design; particle-particle interaction; particle-bubble interaction; fine particle flotation; wastewater treatment; waste management; mineral materials; hydrometallurgy; separation sience and technology

Dr. Carlito Tabelin

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School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Interests: sustainable mine waste management; groundwater and soil pollution; acid mine drainage prevention and control; waste reprocessing and repurposing
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Dr. Yutaro Takaya

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Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
Interests: mineral processing; hydrometallurgy; CCS; CCUS
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