Slag Valorization for Advanced Metal Production, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2025 | Viewed by 936
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Interests: iron and steel making; agglomeration; induration; smelting; direct reduction; high-temperature processing; blast furnace ferroalloys and their production; slag manipulation; metal manipulation; reaction kinetics
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Interests: particulate processing; chemistry and thermodynamics of metals extraction; physical separation processes; sustainable raw materials production; oxidative and reductive bioleaching of metals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
You are invited to contribute to this Special Issue, entitled Slag Valorization for Advanced Metal Production, 2nd Edition, and showcase your research.
The increasing demand for rare earth and battery metals, the need for resilient supply systems for critical minerals, and the move toward carbon-neutral manufacturing further emphasize the importance of being able to beneficiate and utilize the slag and other waste streams generated.
Hence, this Special Issue is organized for all to share their findings and advancements on (i) fundamental studies on liquid and solid slags and slag systems, (ii) hot-stage slag engineering, (iii) slag cleaning and metal recovery, (iv) slag treatment with pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and electrometallurgy, (v) slag conditioning, (vi) slag solidification, (vii) industrial case studies, (viii) process development and commercialization, (ix) environmental, economic, and life cycle analysis, and (x) production and evaluation of performance of slag-based products.
We believe that this Special Issue is a great opportunity to provide a guideline for our research community to tackle current and future critical challenges.
Please share your recent studies, thoughts, and hypotheses on slag valorization for advanced metal production and help teach future generations how to be guided by climate neutrality and resource-efficiency principles.
Dr. Basak Anameric
Dr. Timothy C. Eisele
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- slag
- slag valorization
- energy from slags
- metal recycling
- slag aggregates
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