Sustainable Dewatering and Tailing Disposal in Mineral Industry
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 3164
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flotation; rheology; clays; nickel laterite; tailings; physical separation
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Interests: physical separation; iron ore; dewatering; tailings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The recent increase in the demand and supply of different minerals has created a need for efficient management and sustainability of their processing. Dewatering and tailing disposal is an important area in the mining and mineral industry which needs special focus. Moreover, the mineral industry has changed significantly over the past few years due to the handling of more complex ores, which generate an enormous quantity of ultrafine size tailing and adversely impact the ecosystem and sustainability. Further, recent tailing dam failures have drawn attention to the need for an efficient scientific process for dewatering and handling of such tailing slurries.
Adoption-efficient and cost-effective management of tailing slurries is a challenging task to meet future demands in terms of recycling of process water along with protection of the environment through incorporating innovative and sustainable processes.
This Special Issue will identify novel cost-effective and environmentally friendly innovative sustainable technologies for processing dewatering and handling fine and ultrafine tailing slurries. Papers on various aspects of dewatering and tailing disposal, including the following topics, are invited:
- Sedimentation and thickening, design of new settling devices, optimization of the existing thickeners;
- Filtration units, design of new filtration systems, modeling and optimization;
- Design of new dewatering unit and circuits;
- Pre-treatment: role of reagents and dewatering aids, flocculants, design and formulation of reagents, ultrasonic cavitation;
- Design and management of tailing slurries;
- Energy and economics of dewatering processes and tailing management.
Dr. Saeed Farrokhpay
Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathy
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- dewatering
- tailings
- thickening
- filtration
- flocculation
