Innovative Solutions for the Recovery of Metals from Primary and Secondary Raw Materials
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2025 | Viewed by 196
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flotation of poly-metallic ores; recovery of metals from copper slag; mineral processing technologies for recovery of metals from primary and secondary raw materials; monitoring of environment and solutions for preventing pollution from copper production industry
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Interests: waste water treatment; synthesis of metals; oxidic and composite nanopowder; recycling of dust and FeZn concentrates; environment protection; unit operations in non-ferrous metallurgy; hydrometallurgy and rare-earth elements; hydrogen reduction; titanium and aluminium residues
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Interests: hydrometallurgy; applied electrochemistry; pyrometallurgy; mineral processing; process engineering; recycling
Interests: hydrometallurgy; lithium-ion battery; solvent extraction; recycling; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
From the discovery of the beneficial properties of iron to the present day, man has had an inseparable relationship with metals. Today, perhaps more than ever, metals are essential for the further development of mankind, leading to increasing demands for them. On the other hand, we are confronted with a decline in the metal content of primary deposits, meaning that new, innovative technologies are constantly being sought to ensure sustainable metal extraction can be carried out from poor ores as well as from raw waste materials.
The Special Issue “Innovative Solutions for the Recovery of Metals from Primary and Secondary Raw Materials” is associated with the XVI Mineral Processing and Recycling Conference—IMPRC 2025, which will be held from 28 to 30 May 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia.
We invite you to participate in the IMPRC 2025 and contribute to this Special Issue. Your contribution and presentation of new ideas and innovative solutions for the recovery of metals can be a springboard for a sustainable future and the prosperity of future generations.
Sincerely,
Dr. Zoran Štirbanović
Dr. Srecko Stopic
Prof. Dr. Aleksandar Nikoloski
Prof. Dr. Alexandre Chagnes
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- advances in extractive metallurgy
- recovery of metals from waste materials
- decarbonisation technologies in metals extraction processes
- circular economy in extractive metallurgy
- metals in energy transition technologies
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