Mineral Processing and the Environment

Mineral processing technologies have been used for decades to protect the environment and many examples of such applications are given here. The book covers four major subject areas: fundamentals; environmental pollution and its prevention; separation processes; and innovative techniques.
Audience: Scientists, engineers and technologists conducting both applied and basic research into the different environmental aspects of mineral processing.

Fundamentals.- Hydrophobic Agglomeration of Fine Particles.- Electrokinetic Behaviour of Sulphide Minerals: A Contribution to the Chemistry of Flotation.- Bacterial Leaching of Minerals.- Legal Framework for Environmental Protection in Mineral Processing Activities.- Environmental pollution and prevention.- Air-Pollutant Emissions and Imissions from Metallurgical Industry.- Electrochemical Approach to Pollutants Removal and Destruction.- Electrohydrometallurgical Recovery of Cadmium and Nickel from Spent Batteries.- The Treatment of Radioactive Liquid Wastes and the Problems Connected with the Long Term Storage of Radioelements.- Removal and Recovery of Metals from Dilute Solutions: Applications of Flotation Techniques.- Separation processes.- Desulphurization of Coal to Protect the Environment.- Extraction of Priority Pollutants Using Inorganic Ion Exchangers.- Arsenic Removal from Effluents of Copper Plants.- Hydrometallurgy of Precious Metals: Effects on the Environment.- New Developments in the Processing of Chromite Tailings.- Innovative techniques.- Recycling of Plastics: Application of Flotation.- Mineral Processing Technology Applied to the Remediation of Contaminated Soils.- Electroflotation in Waste Water Treatment: Results and Perspectives.- The Biosorption Process: An Innovation in Reclamation of Toxic Metals.- List of Contributors.- List of Participants.