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Metal Separations and Recovery in the Mining Industry

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Molecular Recognition Technology (MRT) plays an important role in the hydrometallurgical processing dissolved entities in solutions in the mining industry. The status of this industry with respect to sustainability and environmental issues is presented and discussed. The roles of MRT and ion exchange in metal separation and recovery processes in the mining industry are discussed and evaluated. Examples of MRT separation processes of interest to the mining community are given involving gold, cobalt purification by extraction of trace cadmium, rhenium, and platinum group metals (PGMs). MRT processes are shown to be sustainable, economically viable, energy efficient, and environmentally friendly, and to have a low carbon footprint.

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    Steven R. Izatt, Ronald L. Bruening & Neil E. Izatt

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Izatt, S.R., Bruening, R.L. & Izatt, N.E. Metal Separations and Recovery in the Mining Industry. JOM 64, 1279–1284 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-012-0452-8

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