OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Liberation of Valuable Materials from Spent Cylindrical Lithium-Ion Batteries via Semi-Autogenous Attrition	59
A Multi-Method Machine Learning Framework for Simulating Power Dynamics in an Iron Ore Cone Crusher Plant	55
Total Lithium Extraction from Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries Using Tartaric and Formic Acids: Comparative and Kinetic Study	44
A Critical Review of Leaching Pathways for Silver Recovery from EoL Photovoltaic Modules and Prospects for Flotation	41
Selective Flocculation/Magnetic Separation of Ultrafine Iron Ore Particles with Corn Starch and Polyacrylamides: A Comparative Study	40
Recovery of Scandium from Bauxite Residue Using Sulfation Roasting-Assisted Water Leaching Process	39
The Direct Leaching of Nickel Sulfide Flotation Concentrates – A Historic and State-of-the-Art Review Part III: Laboratory Investigations into Atmospheric Leach Processes	36
Hydrodynamic Improvement of Flotation Machines and Alternative Machine Selections Beyond Mechanical Cells: A Comprehensive Review	32
Mitigating the Adverse Effect of Salts on Gangue Recovery Using a Reflux Flotation Cell	30
Unveiling the Mechanism in Nickel Loss During the Neutralization of Pregnant Acid Leach Solution by Various Alkaline Chemicals Using Electron Imaging, X-Ray Diffraction, and Electron Energy Loss Spect	30
Understanding the Role of Calcium Lignosulphonate in Flotation Separation of Chalcopyrite from Talc	29
An innovative approach to replace bentonite in hematite ore pelletizing with organic binder	25
CFD-DEM investigation of fluid and particle motion behaviors in initial stage of spiral separation process at low solids concentration	25
Developing of a Counter-Current Copper Leaching Process Using Response Surface Methodology	25
Exploring Dextrin as an Eco-Friendly Depressant for Selective Flotation Separation of Scheelite and Calcite Minerals	22
The Direct Leaching of Nickel Sulfide Flotation Concentrates – A Historic and State-of-the-Art Review Part I: Piloted Processes and Commercial Operations	22
Compressive Strength Behavior of Briquettes Produced from Manganese Ore Fines and Metal Dust: Optimization Using Response Surface Methodology	22
Bubble Loading in a Fluidized Column: Effects of Bubble Size, Particle Size, Contact Angle and Particle Density	21
A Simple Process for the Recovery of Rare Earth Elements and Iron from Sulfuric Acid Leaching Solution of NdFeB Magnets by Double Salt Precipitation	20
Hydrometallurgical Approach to Recover Vanadium and Aluminum from the Sulfuric Acid Manufacturing Spent Catalyst	20
Feldspar Purification from Iron Impurities: A Review of Treatment Methods	20
Exploring the Challenges and Advances in Concentrating Ultrafine Iron Ore Particles with a Focus on Goethite	19
Reduction mechanism of the porous hematite in limonite ore magnetization roasting	19
The Direct Leaching of Nickel Sulfide Flotation Concentrates - A Historic and State-of-the-Art Review Part II: Laboratory Investigations into Pressure Leaching	18
Flotation Separation of Chalcopyrite from Pyrite Using a Green Organic Phosphonic Acid as a Novel Collector in Low-Alkalinity Environment	17

Investigation of Liberation Properties and Mineral Fracture Mechanisms of Iron Ores with Different Mineral Grain Sizes at Different Grinding Degrees	17
Selective Separation of Fluorite from Calcite Using Saponified Tridecanoic Acid as a Novel Collector	17
Effect of Sodium Hexametaphosphate on Flotation of Quartz and Hematite with Starch/Etheramine in the Presence of Ca and Mg Ions	17
Natural Graphite Froth Flotation-An Overview	15
Kinetics Investigation of Phosphorus Leaching from Steelmaking Slag	15
Filtering Hydrocyclone Performance: A Review of Literature	15
A New Approach to Magnesium Removal in Cobalt Precipitation	14
Effect of Magnesium Substitution on Siderite Thermal Decomposition in Air Atmosphere	13
Mixed Anionic/Cationic Collectors for Pyrite Flotation: An Experimental and Theoretical Study	13
Impact of Pyrite Textures Prevalence on Flotation Performance in Mount Isa Copper Orebodies	13
Mechanistic and Kinetic Insights into Chalcopyrite Dissolution Under Simultaneous Mechanochemical Activation	12
Revolutionising Gold Dissolution Via Chloride-Triggered Inorganic Radicals from Peroxymonosulfate	12
Improve Bastnaesite Flotation via Synergistic Effect of Octyl Hydroxamic Acid and Octyl Phenol Ethoxylated Surfactants	12
Flotation Separation of Galena from Pyrite in a Low-Alkalinity Media Using Welan Gum as a New Depressant	12
Reclamation of Red Mud for the TiO ₂ Production by Ilmenite Smelting at Lower Temperature	12
Effect of Copper and Lead Cations on Flotation Behavior of Pyrite in Alkaline Seawater	12
Process Mineralogy Assisted Iso-Floatability of Copper-Zinc-Lead Minerals from Iron Tailings at Marcona Iron Ore Mine	12
Effects of Pure and Modified Nanobubbles on the Reverse Flotation of Kaolinite from Hematite	11
Investigation of the Induration Mechanism of Red Mud Pellets with Tartaric Acid Additions	11
Pyrometallurgy and Electrometallurgy of Rare Earths – Part A: Analysis of Metallothermic Reduction and Its Variants	11
Hydrometallurgical Roadmaps and Future Strategies for Recovery of Rare Earth Elements	11
Reuse of Iron Ore Tailings by Magnetic Separation Using Functionalized Magnetic Particles	11
Enhanced flotation of Pb(II)-activated wolframite using a novel collector	11
Innovative Recovery of Gallium and Zinc from Corundum Flue Dust by Ultrasound-Assisted H ₂ SO ₄ Leaching	11
Comparison of Approaches to Predict Grinding in An Industrial Rod Mill Operating at Low Fillings	11
Oxidative Flotation Separation of Chalcopyrite and Pyrite Using K ₂ FeO ₄ in Seawater	10
Electromagnetic Vertical Ring High-Gradient Magnetic Separation Technology and Equipment: Research Progress and Future Trends	10
Ultrasonic-Assisted Synthesis of Lead Citrate as Precursor for Preparation of Lead Oxide from Lead Sulfate	10
Approaches for Coprocessing Tellurides: A Critical Minerals Perspective with Emphasis on Mineralogy and Metallurgy	10
A Review on the Recovery of Lithium and Iron from Spent Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries	10
Processing of Refractory Gold-Bearing Sulfide Concentrates: A Review	9
Overview of Fine Coal Filtration. Part I: Evaluation of Filtration Performance and Filter Cake Structure	9
Post Dry Grinding Storage Protocol: Impact on Downstream Flotation Processes	9
Surface Chemistry and Activation of Pyrite in Flotation: Enhancing Critical Minerals Recovery	9
Separation of Co(ii), Mn(ii), and Ni(ii) from Synthetic Sulfuric Acid Leaching Solution of Nickel Laterite Ore by Precipitation	9
Influence of Two-Stage Dosing on Flocculation and Settlement of Kaolinite and Associated Mechanisms	9
Effect of Hydrogen-Based Mineral Phase Transformation on the Grinding Characteristics of Hematite: Particle Size Distribution, Grinding Kinetics, and Microscopic Characteristics	9
Development of a vibration sensor-based tool for online detection of roping in small-diameter hydrocyclones	8
Elaboration of an Economic and Efficient Pulp Conditioning Method for a Low-Quality Coarse Coal Slime	8
A Review of In Situ Manganese Bioleaching and Recovery Techniques	8
Exploring Bioflocculation: A Novel Approach for Iron Recovery From Red Mud – a Review	8
A Review on Floc-Flotation of Fine Particles: Technological Aspects, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives	7
A New Perspective on the Understanding of High-Intensity Conditioning: Incompatibility of Conditions Required for Coarse and Fine Coal Particles	7
Aerosol Collector Addition in Flotation – Pathways to Improvement Through Understanding of the Mechanisms	7
A Review of the Mineral Contact Angle Measurements and Applications in the Froth Flotation Process: Techniques and Influential Parameters, Part II	7
In-Situ Probing the Interface Electrochemical Properties of Chalcopyrite Modified by Amidoxime-Dithiocarbamate Ester: Implications to Flotation Mechanism	7
A Review on the Recent Developments in the Dissolution of Rhodium and Iridium Metals from Spent Catalysts	7
Dissolution of Ruthenium Metal by Combined Oxidizing and Reducing Action of Sodium Hypochlorite and HCl Solution	7
Evaluation of Mesophilic Species Performance in Extraction of Cobalt and Manganese from Hot Filter Cake of Zinc Processing Plant	7
A Review of Phytomining	7

Recovery of Non-Ferrous (Cu & Ni) and Precious (Au) Metals from Waste Random Access Memory (RAM)	7
Overcoming the Iron Selectivity Hurdle in Nickel Bioleaching: A Critical Review of Mechanisms, Economic Challenges, and Future Research Directions	6
Effect of Ultrasonic Pre-Treatment on the Reverse Flotation of Kaolinite From Bauxite	6
A Review of the Solid-State Reduction Aspects of Ilmenite for Efficient and Sustainable Production of TiO ₂ Slag	6
Review on the mineral processing in ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents	6
A Comprehensive Review on Occurrence and Processing of Phosphate Rock Based Resources- Focus on REEs	6
Gravity Concentration of Gold-Bearing Ores and Processing of Concentrates: A Review	6
The Production of Rare Earth based Magnesium and Aluminium Alloys – A Review	6
What Controls the Leaching of Magnesite with Concentrated Solutions of Hydrochloric or Nitric Acid?	6
Characterization of Gold in Complex Historical Refractory Tailings for Enhanced Process Optimization	6
Development of a Generalized Partition Curve Model for Hydrocyclones	6
Behavior of Technical Copper Telluride During Vacuum Thermal Treatment	6
Glutamate Leaching of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Cathode in Weak Acidic-Neutral Condition: New Insight on Kinetics and Dissolution Mechanism	6
Aerosol Collector Addition in Coarse Particle Flotation – A Review	6
Thermodynamic Modeling of Scheelite and Wolframite Leaching in Caustic Soda and Soda Solutions by Pitzer Equation for Near-Equilibrium Tungsten Extractive Metallurgy	5
The Effect of Ultrasound Treatment on Oil Agglomeration of Barite	5
Use of Lithium Manganese Oxide Ion Sieves in Fixed Bed Columns for Lithium Recovery: A Mini-Review	5
Solubility of Gold in FeO _x -SiO ₂ -Al ₂ O	5
Method and Mechanism of Selective Separation of Fluorite from Calcite Using a Ternary-Coordination Complex Collector	5
Separation of Au(III) and Pd(II) from the Etching Solutions of Printed Circuit Boards by Chemical Reduction and Oxidative Precipitation	5
Lithium Extraction from Spodumene via Fluidized Roasting: Phase Transformation and Kinetics	5
Hydrodynamics and Response Analysis of a Cutting-Edge Pulse Bed Mineral Scrubber (PBMS) Featuring U-Type Motion, Pulsation Bed, and Fluidization for Low-Grade Iron Ore Processing	5
A review of the technologies for antimony recovery from refractory ores and metallurgical residues	5
Development of a Hydrometallurgical Process for the Recovery of Valuable Metals from Synthetic Sulfuric Acid Leaching Solution of Ni-MH Batteries	5
Lateritic Nickel and Cobalt Recovery Routes: Strategic Technologies	5
Review of Recent Advances in HPGR Designs	5
A Review of the Mineral Contact Angle Measurements and Applications in the Froth Flotation Process: Techniques and Influential Parameters, Part I	5
Process Enhancement of Gold Extraction from a Copper-Rich Gold Ore by EDTA-Assisted Cyanide Leaching	5
Chalcopyrite Flotation: A Comprehensive Review with Emphasis on Pyrite Separation	5
Review of High-Pressure Technology in Terms of Technological and Economic Benefits Achieved in Raw Materials Processing	5
A Review on Recovery of Terbium from Primary and Secondary Resources: Current State and Future Perspective	5
Application of a Floatex density separator for iron recovery from Pilbara iron ore plant rejects	4
Separation of Palladium and Platinum Metals by Selective Dissolution Using a Mixture of Sulfuric Acid and Oxidizing Agents	4
Review of the Influence of Native and Modified Biopolymers on Carbonaceous Gangue Depression in Selective Flotation	4
Extraction of Rare Earth Elements from Monazite: A Review of Current Practices and Emerging Opportunities for Bangladesh	4
The effect of calcium ions on the flotation behavior of fluorapatite	4
Application potential of vibration sensors for online process monitoring of hydrocyclones	4
Analysis of the Possibility of Copper Recovery from Flotation Stratiform Copper Ore Tailings	4
A State-Of-The-Art Review on Materials Production and Processing Using Solar Energy	4
Review of Fracturing Techniques (Microwaves, High-Voltage Pulses, and Cryogenic Fluids) for Application as Access Creation Method in Low-Permeability Hard Rocks for Potential in situ Metal Recovery	4
Rheological Constraints and Mitigation Strategies in Reverse Flotation of Waste Printed Circuit Boards	4
Understanding the Effects of Hydrophobic Particle Densities on Bubble-Liquid Motion and Gangue Entrainment in the RFC’s Reverse Fluidized Bed Through CFD Simulation	4
Evaluation of Compressive Strength of Manganese Oxidized Ore Briquettes: Effects of Compaction Pressure, Curing Time, and Percentage of Binder	4
Low-Grade Chromite Beneficiation Through Spiral Concentration: A Review from the Turkish Market Perspective	4
The Influence of Infiltration Gas Media on the Production of Micro-Sized Ore Particles by High-Pressure Gas Rapid Unloading	4
A New Ferric Iron Controlled Grinding Mechanism in Iron Oxide Copper Gold Ores and Its Impact on Copper Flotation	4
Extraction of Critical Elements–Gallium, Germanium, and Indium–Using Ionic Liquids: A Review	4
Preparation of Reduced Iron Powder from High-Phosphorus Iron Ore: A Pilot-Scale Rotary-Kiln Investigation	4
The Graphite Processing Sector: A Global Perspective on Practices, Applications, Trade, and Trends Toward 2047	4
Asymptotic Water Split Behavior of Hydrocyclones; A Unique Design Characterization Methodology	4
Modeling the Liberation of Iron Ores with Different Grain Sizes Considering Intergranular Fracture	4
A Review on the Dissolution and Separation of Osmium and Ruthenium	4