Recovery of rare earth elements from acid mine drainage: A review of the extraction methods

B Mwewa, M Tadie, S Ndlovu, GS Simate… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) poses severe environmental pollution problems due to its high
acidity, toxic metals and sulphate content. Current methods to tackle the problem are …

Advances in bio/chemical approaches for sustainable recycling and recovery of rare earth elements from secondary resources

M Danouche, A Bounaga, A Oulkhir, R Boulif… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are indispensable in the growing smart technologies,
such as smart phones and electronic devices, renewable energy, new generation of hybrid …

Recovery of critical metals from aqueous sources

SE Can Sener, VM Thomas, DE Hogan… - ACS sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Critical metals, identified from supply, demand, imports, and market factors, include rare
earth elements (REEs), platinum group metals, precious metals, and other valuable metals …

A critical review on natural surfactants and their potential for sustainable mineral flotation

A Oulkhir, K Lyamlouli, M Danouche… - … Science and Bio …, 2023 - Springer
The transition of the mineral processing sectors, which depend mainly on various petroleum-
origin chemicals, to the green industry based on the production of greener materials and the …

Rare earth elements recovery from primary and secondary resources using flotation: A systematic review

P Julapong, A Numprasanthai, L Tangwattananukul… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rare earth minerals (REMs) contain rare earth elements (REEs) that are important in
modern technologies due to their unique magnetic, phosphorescent, and catalytic …

[HTML][HTML] Pathway to industrial application of heterotrophic organisms in critical metals recycling from e-waste

M Golzar-Ahmadi, N Bahaloo-Horeh… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
The transition to renewable energies and electric vehicles has triggered an unprecedented
demand for metals. Sustainable development of these technologies relies on effectively …

Removal of uranium from contaminated groundwater using monorhamnolipids and ion flotation

DE Hogan, RM Stolley, C Boxley, MK Amistadi… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mining of uranium for defense-related purposes has left a substantial legacy of pollution that
threatens human and environmental health. Contaminated waters in the arid southwest are …

Gallium bioionflotation using rhamnolipid: Influence of frother addition and foam properties

M Chakankar, A Oestreich, K Pollmann… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current study investigated the application of rhamnolipid biosurfactant as an ion
collector in bioionflotation. In a top-down approach, the influence of rhamnolipid on gallium …

Foam flotation of rare earth elements by conventional and green surfactants

S Shetty, IV Chernyshova, S Ponnurangam - Minerals Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Foam (ion and precipitate) flotation is a promising green method of recovery of rare earth
elements (REE) from leachates of the primary and secondary resources. However, the …

Comparison of synthetic rhamnolipids as chemical precipitants for Pb, La, and Mg

IA McCawley, RM Maier, DE Hogan - Journal of hazardous materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying and exploiting cost-effective and green methods of metal recovery from natural
and contaminated aqueous systems is widely recognized as necessary to supplement the …