Advances in Novel Beneficiation Technology of Critical Minerals
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 62
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel, and rare earth elements are the fundamental material base underpinning many of today's rapidly evolving clean energy technologies, from wind turbines and power grids to electric vehicles.
Beneficiation techniques such as sensor-based ore sorting, flotation, magnetic separation, gravity separation, and leaching are employed for recovering critical minerals economically from ores on a large scale in mineral processing. With the clean energy transition gathering pace, the demand for these minerals is growing rapidly. Technological breakthroughs in processing, equipment, reagents, etc., are needed to increase the efficiency and greenness beneficiation of critical minerals.
This Special Issue on “Advances in novel beneficiation technology of critical minerals” aims to publish high-quality papers on the recent process of critical minerals beneficiation technology. Topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Application of dry and wet pre-discarding technology in low-grade ore beneficiation;
- Refractory copper/cobalt oxide ore flotation technology: reagents and equipment;
- Development of high-efficiency leaching technology;
We are looking forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Jue Kou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- critical minerals
- ore beneficiation
- sensor-based ore sorting
- flotation
- gravity separation
- magnetic separation
- leaching
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