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Cemented paste backfill for mineral tailings management: Review and future perspectives by Qi, Chongchong, Fourie, Andy

“…Environmental issues associated with tailings management have made it the most daunting challenge faced by the mining industry. To dispose mineral tailings in…”
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Towards a low-carbon society: A review of lithium resource availability, challenges and innovations in mining, extraction and recycling, and future perspectives by Tabelin, Carlito Baltazar, Dallas, Jessica, Casanova, Sophia, Pelech, Timothy, Bournival, Ghislain, Saydam, Serkan, Canbulat, Ismet

“…•The LIBs market is forecasted to reach at least US$221 B by 2024 using 20–25% CAGR.•Li production growth within the next five years will lag that of…”
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Geometallurgy of cobalt ores: A review by Dehaine, Quentin, Tijsseling, Laurens T., Glass, Hylke J., Törmänen, Tuomo, Butcher, Alan R.

“…Cobalt (Co) is a transition metal featuring unique physical properties which makes its use critical for many high-tech applications such as high strength…”
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The interaction of flotation reagents with metal ions in mineral surfaces: A perspective from coordination chemistry by Chen, Jianhua

“…[Display omitted] •Metal ions semi-constrained in surface show very different properties from solution metal ions.•The interaction of regent molecules with…”
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Systematic review of lithium extraction from salt-lake brines via precipitation approaches by Zhang, Ye, Hu, Yuehua, Wang, Li, Sun, Wei

“…•Precipitation approaches are widely used to extract lithium from salt lake brines.•Promising magnesium precipitation technology for comprehensively utilizing…”
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A critical review on solvent extraction of rare earths from aqueous solutions by Xie, Feng, Zhang, Ting An, Dreisinger, David, Doyle, Fiona

“…•Separation processes for RE solvent extraction from aqueous solutions have been reviewed.•Bastnesite, monazite, and xenotime are main sources of RE…”
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The extraction of vanadium from titanomagnetites and other sources by Gilligan, Rorie, Nikoloski, Aleksandar N.

“…The commercialisation of vanadium redox flow batteries for large scale electric energy storage and power grid stabilisation is expected to increase the global…”
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The beneficiation of lithium minerals from hard rock ores: A review by Tadesse, Bogale, Makuei, Fidele, Albijanic, Boris, Dyer, Laurence

“…•Beneficiation methods of lithium minerals from hard rock ores were reviewed.•Spodumene is currently the main source of lithium from ores.•Flotation, DMS and…”
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Machine learning applications in minerals processing: A review by McCoy, J.T., Auret, L.

“…•Machine learning applications in mineral processing from 2004 to 2018 are reviewed.•Data-based modelling; fault detection and diagnosis; and machine vision…”
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Evaluation of red mud as a polymetallic source – A review by Agrawal, Shrey, Dhawan, Nikhil

“…•Red mud is evaluated as a polymetallic source for Fe, Ti, Al, Sc.•Scandium associated with Ti > Fe > Al and REEs occur as discrete phases or adsorbed on…”
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Advance review on the exploitation of the prominent energy-storage element: Lithium. Part I: From mineral and brine resources by Choubey, Pankaj K., Kim, Min-seuk, Srivastava, Rajiv R., Lee, Jae-chun, Lee, Jin-Young

“…•Critically reviewed various processes for the recovery of Li from minerals and brines.•Heat treatment is required for liberating Li from the mineral lattice…”
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New approaches for extracting and recovering metals from mine tailings by Falagán, Carmen, Grail, Barry M., Johnson, D. Barrie

“…[Display omitted] •Mineral tailings from two copper mines were bioleached under different conditions.•Greatest copper extraction was achieved at extremely low…”
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Leaching of rare earths from bauxite residue (red mud) by Borra, Chenna Rao, Pontikes, Yiannis, Binnemans, Koen, Van Gerven, Tom

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Improving flotation separation of apatite from dolomite using PAMS as a novel eco-friendly depressant by Yang, Bin, Zhu, Zhanglei, Sun, Haoran, Yin, Wanzhong, Hong, Jongsu, Cao, Shaohang, Tang, Yuan, Zhao, Chen, Yao, Jin

“…[Display omitted] •Flotation separation of apatite and dolomite is very difficult using NaOl alone.•PAMS is selectively adsorbed onto dolomite due to its…”
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Pretreatment options for the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries: A comprehensive review by Yu, Dawei, Huang, Zhu, Makuza, Brian, Guo, Xueyi, Tian, Qinghua

“…[Display omitted] •Current status on pretreatment of spent Li-ion batteries is presented.•The spent Li-ion battery handling processes are reviewed.•The…”
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Advance review on the exploitation of the prominent energy-storage element Lithium. Part II: From sea water and spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) by Choubey, Pankaj K., Chung, Kang-Sup, Kim, Min-seuk, Lee, Jae-chun, Srivastava, Rajiv R.

“…•Exploitation of Lithium from sea water and spent batteries are critically reviewed.•Li recovery via adsorption and electrodialysis process from sea water is…”
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The dissolution and passivation mechanism of chalcopyrite in bioleaching: An overview by Zhao, Hongbo, Zhang, Yisheng, Zhang, Xian, Qian, Lu, Sun, Menglin, Yang, Yu, Zhang, Yansheng, Wang, Jun, Kim, Hyunjung, Qiu, Guanzhou

“…•Passivating species of chalcopyrite bioleaching are summarized.•Dissolution mechanisms of chalcopyrite in bioleaching are concluded.•Effects of…”
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Ore image classification based on small deep learning model: Evaluation and optimization of model depth, model structure and data size by Liu, Yang, Zhang, Zelin, Liu, Xiang, Wang, Lei, Xia, Xuhui

“…•Developing more suitable small deep learning model for ore image classification.•Evaluating the gas-coal image classification performance of small deep…”
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New insights into selective-depression mechanism of novel depressant EDTMPS on magnesite and quartz surfaces: Adsorption mechanism, DFT calculations, and adsorption model by Sun, Haoran, Yang, Bin, Zhu, Zhanglei, Yin, Wanzhong, Sheng, Qiuyue, Hou, Ying, Yao, Jin

“…[Display omitted] •EDTMPS and DDA is more selective compared to DDA alone.•EDTMPS has a selective-depression effect on magnesite flotation.•EDTMPS onto…”
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Thermo-physical properties of selected hard rocks and their relation to microwave-assisted comminution by Hartlieb, P., Toifl, M., Kuchar, F., Meisels, R., Antretter, T.

“…•We present thermo-physical data for granite, sandstone and basalt from RT to 1000°C.•Thermo-physical behavior changes significantly with increasing…”
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