Environmental impact assessment of mine tailings spill considering metallurgical processes of gold and copper mining: case studies in the Andean countries of Chile …

C Cacciuttolo, D Cano - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The generation of tailings in the world today is immense, since only ounces or pounds of
metals are extracted for each ton of ore processed. In 2022, it was estimated that more than …

Metal sulfide precipitation: Recent breakthroughs and future outlooks

H Estay, L Barros, E Troncoso - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The interest in metal sulfide precipitation has recently increased given its capacity to
efficiently recover several metals and metalloids from different aqueous sources, including …

Tuneable separation of gold by selective precipitation using a simple and recyclable diamide

LMM Kinsman, BT Ngwenya, CA Morrison… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The efficient separation of metals from ores and secondary sources such as electronic waste
is necessary to realising circularity in metal supply. Precipitation processes are increasingly …

A review on the negative impact of different elements during cyanidation of gold and silver from refractory ores and strategies to optimize the leaching process

G Larrabure, JCF Rodríguez-Reyes - Minerals Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The ongoing depletion of gold and silver-containing ore deposits demands a shift towards
the processing of more complex sources. Leaching of gold or silver from these sources …

Modeling of non-ferrous metallurgy waste disposal with the production of iron silicides and zinc distillation

A Kolesnikov, R Fediuk, M Amran, S Klyuev, A Klyuev… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents studies on the possibility of utilization of technogenic waste from the
metallurgical industry by the method of complex processing in order to reduce the …

Gold extraction using alternatives to cyanide: Ultrasonic reinforcement and its leaching kinetics

Q Gui, L Fu, Y Hu, H Di, M Liang, S Wang, L Zhang - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel eco-friendly synthetic gold lixiviant (Jinchan) was used to recover gold from gold
ores. Ultrasound was used to improve gold leaching efficiency and recovery percentage …

Hydrometallurgical recovery of silver and gold from waste printed circuit boards and treatment of the wastewater in a biofilm reactor: An integrated pilot application

D Vlasopoulos, P Mendrinou, P Oustadakis… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of gold and silver from waste printed circuit
boards (PCBs) was experimentally verified and tested at pilot scale. The process comprises …

A review of environmentally friendly gold lixiviants: Fundamentals, applications, and commonalities

J Li, J Kou, C Sun, N Zhang, H Zhang - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Gold is mainly extracted by cyanidation; however, cyanide is not only highly toxic to
organisms but is also not a very effective lixiviant for refractory gold ores. Environmentally …

Rapid photocatalytic gold recovery from industrial cyanide-based gold plating wastewater via TiO2/WO3 nanocomposites: Role of mixed hole scavengers and …

M Hunsom, N Kunthakudee, P Ramakul… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A rapid photocatalytic gold recovery from the industrial cyanide-based gold plating
wastewater was carried out via TiO 2/WO 3 nanocomposites synthesized by hydrothermal …

Development of a novel cobalt-glycine catalyzed thiosulfate system by DFT calculation for eco-friendly and efficient gold extraction

J Wu, B Xu, X Liu, Z Dong, T Jiang - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel thiosulfate leaching system, cobalt-glycine catalyzed system, was
proposed. DFT calculations suggest that the coordination ability of organic ligands with …