Modelling of Sustainable Extractive Metallurgy 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 (30 June 2020) | Viewed by 3056
Special Issue Editors
Interests: extractive metallurgy; pyrometallurgy; microwave processing; waste recycling; thermodynamic modelling
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: mineral processing technology; process and tailing environment; computer assisted process analysis; complex sulphides and pyrrhotite rejection
Interests: hydrometallurgy and biohydrometallurgy; mineral processing wastes and their remediation; electrochemical dissolution of complex minerals (fundamental studies); flowsheet design and modeling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of extractive metallurgy continues to advance as higher grade orebodies are being depleted and wastes becomes more complex to recycle. Both mineral processors and extractive metallurgists have made considerable advances in the last few decades in developing new technologies. However, experimental testing of extractive metallurgy processes is becoming more expensive. Modelling techniques have advanced significantly over the last few decades and as a result process modelling has become a valuable tool to evaluate the technical feasibility of processes. In this regard, the purpose of this Special Issue is to invite researchers in this area to share their research via open access and, in this way, help the field progress. Papers on both physical and mathematical modelling are invited. The papers should present new ideas, research and technologies, which can lead to not only economic but more environmentally-friendly processes. The fields of mineral processing, hydrometallurgy and pyrometallurgy are included.
Prof. Dr. Chris Pickles
Prof. Dr. Sadan Kelebek
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Ghahreman
Guest Editors
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