Special Issue

Topic: Special or Crucial Materials from Mine Tailings in the Circular Economy Context

A Special Issue of Minerals and Mineral Materials

ISSN 2832-269X (Online)

Submission deadline: 10 Jun 2023

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Feng Rao
Zijin School of Geology and Mining, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Dr. Sandra Lúcia de Moraes

Advanced Materials Business Unit, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Special Issue Introduction

The environmental pollution caused by a large amount of waste rocks and tailings discarded in the process of mineral development has become one of the important problems facing the sustainable development of the world today, and we urgently need to study and solve them. With the rapid development of the economy, mineral resources are increasingly depleted, and we need to adopt the concept and model of circular economy to study and solve the problems of resource protection and sustainable development of mining enterprises.

Mining tailings are a major environmental issue due to implications related to their handling and storage. However, depending on the mined ore and the process used, it may be possible to recover valuable elements from mine tailings, among them critical raw materials (CRMs) such as rare earths, vanadium, and antimony.

Society's hunger for commodities leads to increased consumption of minerals considered critical or strategic. A range of minerals containing elements such as lithium (Li), cobalt (Co), and rare earth elements (REEs) are considered critical and more important for strategic uses than others. This Special Issue will discuss relevant topics related to obtaining special or critical materials from mining tailings in the context of circular economy, including possibilities, technologies, development, and so on, to provide more inspiration for research in this field and build an information-sharing platform for experts in this field.

Submission Deadline

10 Jun 2023

Submission Information

For Author Instructions, please refer to https://www.oaepublish.com/minerals/author_instructions
For Online Submission, please login at https://oaemesas.com/login?JournalId=mmm&SpecialIssueId=MMM230223
Submission Deadline: 10 Jun 2024
Contacts: Sharon Sun, Assistant Editor, mineralmaterials@oaemesas.com

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