Forefront of Mineral Resource Separation Technology
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 3602
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrochemistry of mineral/solution/grinding system; nano bubble and fine particle flotation; green synthesis and application of flotation reagent; flotation interface chemistry; resource utilization and process pollution control of heavy metal smelting waste residue; recycling of urban mines (waste lithium ion batteries and circuit boards); flotation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Excessive exploitation has gradually exhausted available mineral resources. As a consequence, the treatment of refractory mineral resources has received increased attention. Mineral resources are facing a trend of low grade, fine inlaid particle size and complex mineral composition. This makes it difficult to separate the minerals from each other. The efficient separation of minerals is an important way to realize efficient and sustainable development of mineral resources. Today, the most commonly used method to achieve mineral separation is flotation, because flotation is mainly for difficult-to-separate minerals. At present, in view of complexity, multi-means joint processing is adopted.
This Special Issue aims to collect contributions on the most recent advances in the field of mineral resource separation technology. Topics of interest include but are not limited to mineral flotation interface chemistry, mineral flotation solution chemistry, flotation electrochemistry of sulfide ore, grinding technology, mineral flotation reagent molecule design, magnetic separation and density separation, tailings disposal, and wastewater treatment involved in high-efficiency mineral separation. In addition to some theoretical studies and results of the mineral separation process, the optimization of some flotation processes and the efficient molecule design of flotation reagent are also welcome.
I hope this Special Issue will provide readers with a selection of papers that represent the current state of knowledge on efficient separation of mineral resources.
Dr. Fen Jiao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mineral separation
- flotation reagent design
- flotation chemistry
- magnetic separation
- density separation
- grinding technology
- wastewater treatment
- tailings treatment and recycling
