Prospects of metal recovery from wastewater and brine

RM DuChanois, NJ Cooper, B Lee, SK Patel… - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Modern technology relies on an undisrupted supply of metals, yet many metals have limited
geological deposits. Recovering metals from wastewater and brine could augment metal …

Recent advances in the lithium recovery from water resources: From passive to electrochemical methods

L Baudino, C Santos, CF Pirri, F La Mantia… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ever‐increasing amount of batteries used in today's society has led to an increase in the
demand of lithium in the last few decades. While mining resources of this element have …

Nanofiltration membranes modified with a clustered multiquaternary ammonium-based ionic liquid for improved magnesium/lithium separation

F Soyekwo, H Wen, D Liao, C Liu - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lithium separation is of great significance to overcome the lithium supply shortage resulting
from a heightened demand in the energy sector. The low selectivity of polymer nanofiltration …

Mining and Metallurgical Waste as Potential Secondary Sources of Metals—A Case Study for the West Balkan Region

R Šajn, I Ristović, B Čeplak - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this paper is to present a chemical composition and quantities of mining and
processing waste landfills material developed during historical mining and smelting. After …

Polysaccharide-based composite hydrogels as sustainable materials for removal of pollutants from wastewater

CA Ghiorghita, MV Dinu, MM Lazar, ES Dragan - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, pollution has become the main bottleneck towards sustainable technological
development due to its detrimental implications in human and ecosystem health. Removal of …

Ion-imprinted polymeric materials for selective adsorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous solution

MM Lazar, CA Ghiorghita, ES Dragan, D Humelnicu… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The introduction of selective recognition sites toward certain heavy metal ions (HMIs) is a
great challenge, which has a major role when the separation of species with similar …

A review of treatment technologies for acid mine drainage and sustainability assessment

Y Yang, B Li, T Li, P Liu, B Zhang, L Che - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a pollutant with strong acidity and high concentration of metals,
metalloids, and sulfates caused by industrial activities, which is extremely harmful to the …

Systematic assessment of precious metal recovery to improve environmental and resource protection

Y Chen, H Shang, Y Ren, Y Yue, H Li… - ACS ES&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Environmental pollution and resource shortage are two major challenges facing the world
today, and resourcization of precious metals is one of the effective strategies to confront …

Enhanced lithium separation from brines using nanofiltration (NF) technology: A review

MS Sajna, T Elmakki, S Zavahir, H Tariq… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the dynamics of the lithium (Li) market, focusing particularly on the
use of nanofiltration (NF) membranes for Li extraction from various brines. It covers a range …

Assessing the economic viability of unconventional rare earth element feedstocks

AG Fritz, TJ Tarka, MS Mauter - Nature Sustainability, 2023 - nature.com
Sourcing rare earth elements (REEs) from unconventional feedstocks has substantial
environmental and societal–economic benefits, but its economic viability remains unclear …