Hidden values in bauxite residue (red mud): Recovery of metals

Waste Management

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2662-2673

  Liu, Yanju ^a,b   Naidu, Ravi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron; Metal recovery; Rare earth elements; Red mud (bauxite residue)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; GROUNDWATER; IRON; IRON RESEARCH; PYROMETALLURGY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY; BAUXITE RESIDUE; ECONOMIC RESOURCES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS;

METAL RECOVERY;

ALUMINUM; IRON; LANTHANIDE; TITANIUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METAL;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RECOVERY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BAUXITE RESIDUE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; PATENT; PYROMETALLURGY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; WASTE DISPOSAL; ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINING; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALLURGY; METALS; MINING; RECYCLING;

EID: 84911384097     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2014.09.003     Document Type: Review

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