Advances in the Application of Electrochemistry in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 October 2022) | Viewed by 626
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biohydrometallurgy of base and precious metals; gold leaching; treatment of refractory gold ores; graphite purification; electrochemical methods in leaching applications; mineral electrode; WEEE; quartz bleaching
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: electrometallurgy; energy storage; corrosion; effluent treatment; recycling; electrocatalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the rapid depletion in high-grade reserves, and owing to the recent developments in advanced science and technology, the crucial role of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy for the sustainable future is indispensable. Metals such as copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, etc, are used in everything from plumbing to cell phones. While demand for base metals is expected to reach record levels over the coming years, the supply is far from certain. The supply of easily exploitable ores has become exhausted. New ore-bodies are more complex, difficult to process and contain more toxic impurities such as arsenic. Standard industrial processing methods, which include smelting and associated sulphur-dioxide emissions, are unsuitable for these complex ores.
Research is becoming more and more specialized to particular problems of multidisciplinary character related to chemistry, physics, biologyand materials science. Electrochemical reactions that are accelerated using catalysts lie at the heart of many processes for extracting minerals from various grade ores. The electrochemical phenomena depends on the electrical properties of the solid material and the redox characteristics of the solution. Electrochemical processes (electrodeposition/electrowinning) involve selective metal recovery with reduced solvent and energy consumption from the leachate solution. Overall, electrochemical approaches in metal recovery have several advantages such as uniformity in metal deposition, high purity, automation, easy control, cost effectiveness, and relatively fast processing time. Electrochemical separation technologies provide a sustainable approach to metal recovery, through possible integration with renewable energy, the minimization of external chemical input, as well as reducing secondary pollution.
Dr. Ahmet Deniz Baş
Dr. Georges Houlachi
Dr. Jing Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrochemistry
- mineral processing
- extractive metallurgy
- dissolution and corrosion
- aqueous processing of metals
- atmospheric leaching
- solution chemistry and thermodynamics
- environmental and water treatment
