Abstract
Coal is considered as an important fossil fuel to produce electricity and contributes for the production of nearly 40% of the total electricity worldwide. The coal fly ash generated from combustion of coal is an important source of valuable metals, especially rare earth elements but leads to environmental hazard if left untreated. Therefore, treatment of CFA helps to minimize environmental risk and provide an alternative way to support the demand and supply of valuable metals in order to conserve primary resources. In the last decade, many reports have appeared in the literature for the REE and some other metals recovery from CFA. In this chapter, the methods developed by researchers over the last decade for the recovery of REE and some other elements have been described with their achievements and shortcomings.
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Mahandra, H., Hubert, B., Ghahreman, A. (2021). Recovery of Rare Earth and Some Other Potential Elements from Coal Fly Ash for Sustainable Future. In: Jyothi, R.K., Parhi, P.K. (eds) Clean Coal Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68502-7_14
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