McGill University

Mineral Smelters and refineries and extractive metallurgy form a nexus within the material value chain by channelling mineral resources into global markets, supplying vital raw materials for construction and manufacturing. The department of Mine and Materials Engineering has expertise in all aspects of Mine, mineral Smelters and refineries and extractive metallurgy, including laboratory experiments, computational modelling and state-of-the-art approaches to process design, process control and system integration. Current challenges include energy utilization, waste stream treatment, process decarbonization, and the sustainable supplying of so-called critical materials (lithium, cobalt, graphite, rare earth elements, etc. //// Energy, electronic, and environmental materials refer to the classes of materials that are used in energy conversion/storage/harvesting devices (e.g., batteries, solar cells, supercapacitors, photocatalysts), electronic devices (e.g., semiconductor-based computer chips, light-emitting diodes, lasers), and environmental applications (e.g., sustainable Smelters and refineries, wastewater treatment, recycling). Designing these materials or Smelters and refineries routes requires a fundamental understanding of materials structure-properties-performance relationship for relevant applications. Research in this department uses both experimental and computational approaches to accelerate the discovery of these materials.