Mineral Processing and Nonferrous Extractive Metallurgy

Abstract

The nuclear industry throughout the world is experiencing a dilemma of resource exhaustion, technological innovat-ions, and economic challenges. The energy needs parti-cularly have put enormous pressure on increased consumpt-ion of base and rare metals/rare earths and nuclear metals over the past few decades, calling for devising newer and effective methodologies to utilize available resources/ low grade reserves, besides recycling wastes and by prod-ucts. This has provided a momentum for development of novel techniques in mineral beneficiation/processing, metal extraction, separation, and environmental controls. This also calls for a re-look at the present practices and formulate suitable innovative approaches to cater to tie requirements of energy security of the country.