Grinding and Concentration Technology of Critical Metals

• Other Authors: Menéndez-Aguado, Juan M (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; History of engineering & technology; Mining technology & engineering; comminution; simulation; work index; grindability; critical metals; ball mill; kinetic grinding; specific grinding rate; Sn-Ta-Nb; Penouta Mine; critical raw materials; tungsten ore; grinding kinetics; ball mills; grinding media; energy efficiency; Bond work index; bond work index; particle size distribution; metallurgical coke; electrofragmentation; Marx generator; modeling; n/a
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The production and supply of raw materials is a basic ecosystem service, the origin of multiple production value chains. In 2011, the European Union elaborated a list of critical raw materials (CRMs), taking the economic and strategic importance for the European economy and the supply risk. Although...