Vol. 44 No. 2 (2026): JUST Vol. 44 No. 2 Supp 1 (2026)

Articles

• BOOK OF ABSTRACTS Mineral Waste Valorization Research Conference 2026 MWVRC 2026

  Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• STRENGTHENING POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLEMINERAL WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY

  Bright Amankwah Wilson

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• RECOVERY OF POTASSIUM FROM SPENT ALKALINE BATTERIES USING WATER

  Bennetta Koomson, Abubakar Osafo Kantanka, Prince Owusu

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• BIO-BASED FACADE COMPOSITES FROM AGRO-INDUSTRIAL AND TEXTILE FIBRE WASTE: A SCOPING REVIEW

  Margaret Baamah Patterson, Alexander Boakye Marful, Moritz Dörstelmann, Isaac Egyir Kwofie

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• BRIDGING THE REMEDIATION GAP: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC ROADMAP FOR MINERAL WASTE VALORIZATION IN NIGERIA THROUGH PHYTOREMEDIATION

  Abayomi A. Okesola, Folashade T. Folaranmi

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• REGENERATION OF SPENT BLEACHING EARTH: OPTIMIZATION AND REUSABILITY STUDIES

  Gideon Owusu, Godfred Ohemeng-Boahen, Jude Kwaku Bonsu, Patrick Boakye

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• PYTHON-BASED PROCESS MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION OF PYROLYSIS VALORIZATION OF PALM KERNEL SHELLS AND EMPTY FRUIT BUNCHES FOR BIOCHAR PRODUCTION

  Jesse T. Turkson, Perfect M. Keti

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• CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF MINED TAILINGS: A CASE STUDY FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT

  GEORGE DZIDEFO TORKU

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• SUITABILITY OF CHARRED CORN COB AND ITS BLENDSWITH END-OF-LIFE HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENEAS REDUCTANTS FOR IRON AND STEELMAKINGTECHNOLOGIES

  James R. Dankwah, Richlove Forson

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• SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF KAOLIN-BIOCHAR COMPOSITES FROMAGRICULTURAL WASTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

  John B. Nkansah, Eugene Appiah-Effah, Patrick Boakye, Michael Owusu

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• ELECTROWINNING OF METALLIC IRON FROM NON-CIRCULATED SULPHATEELECTROLYTE USING GRAPHITE RODS RECOVERED FROM SPENT ZINC CARBONBATTERIES AS ELECTRODES

  James R. Dankwah, Alfred A. Amesimeku, Wisdom W. Sejarah, Esther Coleman, Sarah Cobbina

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• UTILISATION OF END-OF-LIFE PLASTICS AS REDUCTANTFOR THE PRODUCTION OF METALLIC COPPER FROMTENORITE (CuO) ORE

  Jessica Dankwah, Wilfred Barnes, James R. Dankwah

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• RESPONSE SURFACE OPTIMIZATION AND KINETICS STUDIES OF LEAD LEACHINGFROM FIRE ASSAY SLAG WITH ACETIC ACID

  Vincent Appiah, Bennetta Koomson, Lahoucine Atourki

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• GOLD, GOVERNANCE, AND ILLEGALITY: RETHINKING THEHISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME INGHANA

  Michael Olawale

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• NANOFILTRATION-BASED TREATMENT OF MINE WATER:LESSONS FROM GERMANY AND SOUTH AFRICA UNDER THEMAMDIWAS PROJECT

  Hasan Idrees

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• VEGETATION-BASED VALORIZATION OF DEGRADED MINE SOILS: A DENSITY-OPTIMIZED MUCUNA PRURIENS APPROACH FOR SUSTAINABLE MINERAL WASTEREMEDIATION

  Priscilla Badaweh Coffie

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• SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PEROVSKITE NANOCRYSTALS USINGLEAD FROM SPENT CUPELS

  Lilian Akpene Diab, Bennetta Koomson, Kwadwo Mensah Darkwa

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• SUSTAINABLE REUSE OF HEAP LEACH MINE WASTE AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

  Kwabena Boakye, Delali Adjei, Samuel Obiri, Mawuli Kofi Djokoto, Abigail Menson

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• VALORIZATION OF GRANITE QUARRY DUST ASMINERAL FILLER IN PORTLAND CEMENT: MECHANICALPERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY ASSESSMENT

  Delali Adjei

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• EUROPE’S THIRST FOR ACTIVATED CARBON AND A POTENTIAL ANSWER? DUAL-USE ADSORBENTS FROM DRINKING WATER TREATMENT SLUDGE

  Lucas Landwehrkamp, Stefan Panglisch

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• SUSTAINABLE TERNARY BINDERS: EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE OF LOW-GRADE KAOLINITIC CLAY IN LIMESTONE CALCINED CLAY CEMENT (LC3)

  Kwesi Appiah Boakye, Kofi sokoto, Lord Addo Hanson

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