As a developing country, China is also major producer and consumer of mineral resources. At present, still in critical period rapid development industrialization urbanization, which will inevitably lead to huge resource consumption. It only 30 years between the peak carbon consumption timepoint planned achieve goal neutrality. Coming from background dual pressure terms total amount intensity “c...

Introduction: A high concentration of fluoride causes health problems in man. How to remove excess fluoride from water is the objective of this project. The study focuses on an evaluation of the performance of activated bauxite mines in Yazd province in order to remove fluoride from drinking water. Materials and Methods: This study was an experimental one and conducted on synthetic samples a...

This paper presents a study about the potential of spectral unmixing of hyperspectral satellite image data for targeting and quantification of mineral content in limestone and bauxite rich areas in southern India. ASTER image (acquired in the VNIR and SWIR regions) has been used in conjunction with SRTM – DEM and field studies. A new approach of spectral unmixing of ASTER image data delineated ...

Bauxite residue is an important by-product of the alumina industry, and current management practices do not allow their full valorisation, especially with regard to the recovery of critical metals. This work aims to test the efficiency of ion exchange resins for vanadium (V) removal and recovery from bauxite residue leachates at alkaline pH (11.5 and 13). As an environmental pollutant, removal ...

Aluminum is currently the most widely used non-ferrous metal, and its extraction and purification from geological stores exceeds that of any other metal except iron (1, 2). In 2013, global primary aluminum production was ~52 million tons (104 billion pounds) or about 15 pounds for very person on the earth (1–4). The global outlook for aluminum demand from developing countries such as Brazil, Ch...

In this paper the results of a leaching kinetics study of bauxite ore with sodium hydroxide are presented. The effect of ore particle size, sodium hydroxide concentration and reaction temperature on the Al2O3 extraction rate was determined. The results obtained showed that 99% of Al2O3 was leached out using -200+270 mesh ore particle size at a reaction temperature of 105 °C for 60 min reaction ...