Mathematical Modelling of Mechanical Preparation and Mineral Processing Processes
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 (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1658
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical preparation of ores/industrial minerals and rocks; crushing, grinding, sizing, modelling of size reduction processes; design and construction of mineral processing plants
Interests: sustainable processing; extractive metallurgy; hydrometallurgy; solvometallurgy; waste valorization; effluent desalination; water–energy nexus
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Almost every aspect of our modern lives relies on minerals or mineral products, such as base metals, precious metals, coking coal, iron, sands, aggregates, limestone, and industrial minerals. All these are considered to be vital elements which are used in all sectors of our daily life, i.e., for building and construction, vehicle manufacture, computers and other electronic devices, communications, healthcare and dentistry, food production, and energy production and transmission.
The increasing demand for metals and minerals, in conjunction with declining ore grades, leads to the conclusion that, in order to maintain their output, the mineral industry must process ever larger amounts of material and expend a remarkable amount of energy to achieve it. Thus, the mining industry must process the mined material in an economic, environmentally friendly, and effective way in order to meet the needs of our society.
Simultaneously, since the needs and costs of global energy are continuously and quickly rising, mine operators and scientists are looking at different ways to optimize the performance and consumption of energy throughout the mineral extraction and beneficiation process.
One of the key factors of the profitability of the mining industry is the reliable description, simulation, and control of the various operations through mathematical models.
This Special Issue will highlight all the aspects related to the profitable extraction of the mined products, through the optimization of the whole range of mineral operations (the crushing, grinding, and beneficiation processes), with the support of mathematical models to effectively describe and control them. All these actions (the modelling, simulation, and optimization of mineral processing operations) help to respond quickly to the fluctuations that are observed during the extraction procedures.
Prof. Dr. Tsakalakis G. Konstantinos
Dr. Georgios Kolliopoulos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mining industry
- beneficiation processes
- modelling
- simulation
- optimization
