Lithium extraction from unconventional aqueous resources–a review on recent technological development for seawater and geothermal brines

EA Mends, P Chu - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing adoption of lithium in clean energy technologies has promoted significant
development of novel and environmentally sustainable techniques for lithium extraction from …

Leaching nickel sulfide tailings with activated carbon in sulfuric acid medium

EA Mends, SE Arthur, AM Tita, S Hussaini… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The growing demand for nickel increases the interest in its extraction from secondary
sources, such as mine flotation tailings. This paper proposes the use of activated carbon as …

Investigation of leaching of nickel sulfide flotation tailings to recover valuable metals

EA Mends, AM Tita, S Hussaini, JS Thella, L Pan… - Minerals …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global transition towards renewable energy, driven by low-carbon theories and
technologies, has resulted in an increasing surge in the demand for critical and unique …

Valuable Metal Recovery from Nickel Sulfide Flotation Tailings via Chloride-Based Acid Leaching

EA Mends, SE Arthur, AM Tita, S Hussaini… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Springer
The current study proposes an efficient approach for the recovery of nickel and other
valuable metals from nickel sulfide flotation tailings. In the study, magnesium chloride …

Investigation of the performance of activated carbon derived from ripe plantain peels for CO2 capture: Modelling and optimisation using response surface …

ER Khama, EZ Loyibo, W Okologume… - Zastita …, 2024 - zastita-materijala.org
This study investigates the potential of activated carbon derived from ripe plantain peels
(PPAC) for carbon dioxide (CO2) capture. PPAC was prepared through carbonization and …