Full Description
Minerals are essential commodities for the growth of mankind, and all the progress of humanity owes unequivocally to minerals. However, winning minerals through mining has always been cursed, and mankind has paid a heavy price for mining in the form of great loss of flora and fauna and unprecedented impact on the environment. Notwithstanding any arguments either in favor or against, one cannot deny that for the progression, advancement, and security of nations mining is indispensable, compulsory, and unavoidable trade. It is in the best interest of every stakeholder; a sustainable approach to mining must be adopted. Sustainability has many dimensions, two most important being: the optimum utilization of mined-out materials and creating value-added products from the mining wastes. Taking a cue from this, an international seminar was organized on "Prospects and Challenges of Mineral Based Products and Utilization of Wastes for the 'Make in India' Initiative" at Hotel Radisson Blu from 10-12 November 2022. The conference was attended by about 120 delegates from all over India. This book is a compilation of selected papers presented during the conference, broadly divided into the following groups: (a) rare earth elements, (b) ferrous minerals, (c) non-ferrous minerals, (d) industrial minerals, (e) waste utilization and valorization and (f) other significant contributions. Written by experts and edited by academicians and technocrats, this book promises to be a valuable and essential reading for professionals, researchers, as well as students.
Contents
Innovative technologies for recycling and extraction of REE.- Eco-environmental challenges associated with application of REE.- Rare earth elements: Reshaping the global supply chain with urban mining.- Beneficiation and Extraction of Strategic Scandium (Sc) from Aluminium Industry Waste Residue.- Exploration for Rare Earth Elements Mineralization in Amba Dongar Carbonatite, Gujarat, India: An Overview and Some Suggestions.- Siwana Ring Complex, Western Rajasthan: A potential REE Hub.- Application of EDS Based Automated Mineralogic System to Investigate Process Efficiency of a Processing Plant of Iron Ore Mine from Chhattisgarh, Central India.- Flowability Characteristics of Iron Ore and Their Influence on Material Handling System Design Parameters.- Fine Size Dry Iron Ore Beneficiation Using Thin Bed Air Fluidized Dry Separator.- Role of NMDC in Mineral Conservation.- Development of High Alumina Synthetic Aggregate Based on Impure Raw Bauxite.- Characterization and Beneficiation of Pyrophyllite.- Limestone - A Review with Special Reference to the Iron & Steel Industry.- Adopting a Pragmatic Approach in Industrial Minerals Exploration.- Import Substitution of Raw Material in the Refractory Industry Self-Reliant Initiative (Atmanirbhar Bharat).- R4 is the key!.- Recovery of Placer Industrial minerals from Red Sediments of Badlands topography and its value addition.- Innovative approach to transform mining waste into value added products.- Commercial and Technical Prospects of Unused Mineral Values of Aluminium Industry.- Potential application of Red Mud in Cement: An Indian perspective.- Value Added Bauxite Products and Beneficiation Opportunities.- Sustainable Methods of Dewatering and Disposal of Processing Plant Tailings.- Utilization of Internal Waste (Fe ^es and Barriers in implementing value addition to mine waste and its sustainability.- Safe, Accurate and Reliable Online Elemental Analysis Through Unique PFTNA Technique.
