Recent Advances in the Recycling and Reuse of Metallurgical Wastes and By-Products
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 920
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metallurgy; steel; modelling; simulation; sustainability; circular economy
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Interests: metallurgy; steel; modelling; simulation; sustainability; circular economy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The implementation of the circular economy and industrial symbiosys practices and solutions is an absolute priority for all processing industries, including the metallurgical sector. Many public authorities, such as the European Union, are strongly promoting such concepts as a viable way to improve the socio-economic and environmental sustainability of companies. Consequently, research efforts have been intensified in this direction at both the public and private level, targeting new technologies and solutions improving the reuse and recycling of industrial wastes and by-products. The metallurgical sector is already familiar with circularity concepts, with the recycling and reuse of most metals, alloys, and by-products already honed to a consolidated practice for many significant companies, such as steelworks and aluminum producers. However, large volumes of by-products and wastes are produced by this sector, and new or improved solutions show large potential benefits and are thus under continuous investigation.
In this Special Issue, we welcome articles that focus on new technologies, processes, and solutions supporting or favoring the recycling, reuse, and valorization of metallurgical by-products and wastes. Contributions are expected to cover topics related to technologies and practices related to the recycling and reuse and/or at least one of the three main dimensions of sustainable development (i.e., environmental, economic, and social), taking into account the barriers and related solutions for the management and valorization of residues derived from metallurgical processes.
Dr. Valentina Colla
Dr. Ismael Matino
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- by-products
- residues
- wastes
- reuse
- recycling
- valorization
- circular economy
- industrial symbiosis
- sustainability
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