Unlocking Critical Elements in Base Metal Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1349
Special Issue Editors
Interests: critical minerals; rare earth metals; mineral processing; froth flotation; surface science; green chemistry
Interests: mineral processing; critical minerals; carbonation in mineral processing; space mining; virtual reality in mineral processing education
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Many critical elements, such as germanium, gallium, selenium, tellurium, arsenic, bismuth, etc., are contained in mineral phases that are closely associated with base metal sulfides. As reported in many studies, most of these critical elements are lost to tailings or other process streams during the early stages of mineral processing (i.e., physical beneficiation) or during the downstream processing (i.e., extractive metallurgy). This Special Issue focuses on the characterization and recovery of critical elements in the base metal supply chain. Possible research topics may include the characterization of critical elements and their carrier mineral phases, mineral processing methods for possible enrichment, and potential extractive metallurgy techniques to recover them. Life cycle analysis associated with the processing of these elements is also considered.
Dr. Lana Alagha
Dr. Pengbo Chu
Dr. Kristian Waters
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- critical elements
- base metals
- extractive metallurgy
- physical separation
- froth flotation
- geometallurgy
- mine tailings
