Sustainable Materials Recovery Processes (eBook)

SECTION I 1. Biomining-a new approach to recover high-value minerals from low-grade ores 2. Microbial Biocomposites for the Recovery of Valuable Metals from Electronic Scraps 3.The Effect of Temperature on Iron and Sulfur-Oxidizing Acidophile-Based Bioleaching of Metals from Printed Circuit Boards 4. Design and Application of Large-Scale Bioreactors for Bioleaching of Secondary Minerals 5. Application of engineered microorganisms in the bioleaching of secondary minerals 6. Technoeconomic and environmental perspectives of the bioleaching of secondary minerals SECTION II 7. Bioflotation of Platinum Group Metals (PGMs) and Base Metals: A Comparative Review of Principles and Determining Factors 8: Effects of various pre-treatments of microorganisms on their performance during bio-floatation 9. Inorganic Electrolyte Enhanced Coagulation-Flocculation-Sedimentation and Floatability of Talc Particles in the Presence of a Biopolymer: A Perspective on the Depression of Gangue and Dewatering of Tailings 10. Insights into a Biobased Depressant on the Flotation of a Cu-Ni-PGM Platreef Ore in Simple and Complex Process Water 11. The function of heterocoagulation in fluorite flotation from fluorite hematite ore 12. Residual Flotation Reagents in PGM Tailings Post-flotation and their Influence on Tailings Management: A Focus on CMC as a Biodepressant and its Potential as a Bioflocculant SECTION III 13 Development of suitable membrane technology for effective extraction of REEs 14. Polymer-based Membranes for Separation and Recovery of Precious Metals 15. Combination of renewable energy and membrane technology for sustainability of metallurgical processes 16. Solar-Driven Membrane Technology for The Remediation of Metallurgical Water 17. Recovery of High-Value Minerals from Dilute Metallurgical Wastewater by Membrane/Freeze Desalination/ Vacuum Evaporation Hybrid Systems 18. Valorization of waste from mine water using membrane technology 19. Model prediction of the performance of membrane technology for metal recovery 20. Bio-membrane-based technologies for Circularity and Sustainable Metal Recovery 21. Beneficiation and recovery of precious metals from secondary minerals using bio-mining process: advantages, limitations and future perspectives