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  1. Anemometric Field Measurements and Surface Mapping for Enhanced Ventilation Network Assessments

    Article • Mining, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  2. From waste to solution: Valorisation of a dolomite by-product for degraded soil rehabilitation

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, December 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  3. Longitudinal Calculation of Water Poverty Index in the Middle East: Potential to Expedite Progress

    Article • Water, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  4. Phytoremediation strategies for the reclamation of tailings and mining soils in an active open-pit site

    Article • Environmental Research, June 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  5. A Comprehensive Action Plan Towards Sustainability in Small-Scale Gold Mining in Northeastern Antioquia, Colombia

    Article • Mining, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  6. Proposal of a Method for Calculating the Bond Work Index for Samples with Non-Standard Feed Particle Size Distribution

    Article • Minerals, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof. Dr Maja S Trumic, Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  7. Utilisation of Zinc Processing Tailings (ZPTs) in Fired Clay Bricks Manufacturing: Case Study

    Article • Minerals, March 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  8. Enhanced remediation of organotin compounds and metal(loid)s in polluted sediments: Chemical stabilization with mining-wastes and nZVI versus physical soil washing

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, January 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  9. Potential of using zinc processing tailings (ZPT's) in the production of burnt clay bricks

    Article • January 2025, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  10. Methods for Estimating the Bond Work Index for Ball Mills

    Article • Minerals, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  11. Generalized mathematical model applied to a silica sand laboratory-controlled mill: Derivation of simplified ceramic ball entrance flux, ball wear consumption, and mass distribution functions

    Article • Minerals Engineering, December 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  12. Evaluation of Socioeconomic Dynamics and Their Impact on Life Expectancy in Coal Mining Communities in Colombia

    Article • Mining, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  13. Water Poverty Index over the Past Two Decades: A Comprehensive Review and Future Prospects—The Middle East as a Case Study

    Article • Water, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  14. Editorial for Special Issue “Envisioning the Future of Mining”

    Article • Mining, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  15. Alkaline Leaching for Arsenic Removal in Gold-Bearing Ore from Miraflores Mine, El Oro, Ecuador

    Article • September 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  16. Magnetic separation for arsenic and metal recovery from polluted sediments within a circular economy

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, August 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  17. Nanoscale zero-valent iron mitigates arsenic mobilization and accumulation in Sinapis alba grown on a metal(loid)-polluted soil treated with a dunite mining waste-compost amendment

    Article • Plant and Soil, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  18. Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation (WHIMS) of Algerian Kaolin: a Potential Application

    Article • Mining Metallurgy & Exploration, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  19. Recycling of Waste Toner Powder as Adsorbent to Remove Aqueous Heavy Metals

    Article • Materials, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  20. Grinding and Concentration Technology of Critical Metals

    Article • Metals, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  21. Study of Comminution Kinetics in an Electrofragmentation Lab-Scale Device

    Article • Metals, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  22. Study of steel ball recharge and consumption in a wet cement industrial mill via a population balance model

    Article • Particulate Science And Technology, February 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  23. Variability of the Ball Mill Bond’s Standard Test in a Ta Ore Due to the Lack of Standardization

    Article • Metals, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  24. Particle Size Distribution Models for Metallurgical Coke Grinding Products

    Article • Metals, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  25. Study on alumina ball size distribution in white cement grinding

    Article • DYNA, July 2021, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  26. A Review of Alternative Procedures to the Bond Ball Mill Standard Grindability Test

    Article • Metals, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado, Prof. Dr Maja S Trumic

  27. Unveiling the Link between the Third Law of Comminution and the Grinding Kinetics Behaviour of Several Ores

    Article • Metals, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  28. Variability Study of Bond Work Index and Grindability Index on Various Critical Metal Ores

    Article • Metals, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  29. A Comparative Study of Energy Efficiency in Tumbling Mills with the Use of Relo Grinding Media

    Article • Metals, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  30. As sorption onto Fe-based nanoparticles and recovery from soils by means of wet high intensity magnetic separation

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, March 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  31. Characterization, Classification, Dry High-Intensity Magnetic Separation (DHIMS), and Re-Grinding Techniques to Improve the Mineral Performance of a Sn-Ta-Nb Mineral Concentrate

    Article • February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  32. A Comparative Study of Mining Control in Latin America

    Article • Mining, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  33. Grinding Kinetics Study of Tungsten Ore

    Article • Metals, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  34. Kinetics of Dry-Batch Grinding in a Laboratory-Scale Ball Mill of Sn–Ta–Nb Minerals from the Penouta Mine (Spain)

    Article • Metals, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  35. Application of the Cumulative Kinetic Model in the Comminution of Critical Metal Ores

    Article • Metals, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  36. A multi-faceted, environmental forensic characterization of a paradigmatic brownfield polluted by hazardous waste containing Hg, As, PAHs and dioxins

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  37. Application of dry high-intensity magnetic separation in upgrading low-grade iron ore of Rouina deposit, Algeria

    Article • Journal of Mining and Metallurgy A Mining, January 2020, Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  38. A Study of the Effect of Medium Viscosity on Breakage Parameters for Wet Grinding

    Article • Symmetry, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  39. Use of the Swebrec Function to Model Particle Size Distribution in an Industrial-Scale Ni-Co Ore Grinding Circuit

    Article • Metals, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  40. Reuse of Dunite Mining Waste and Subproducts for the Stabilization of Metal(oid)s in Polluted Soils

    Article • Minerals, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  41. Recycled Mineral Raw Materials from Quarry Waste Using Hydrocyclones

    Article • Materials, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  42. Fractal analysis of CO2 and N2 adsorption data to assess textural changes during char gasification

    Article • Fuel Processing Technology, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  43. Comparison of alumina ball size distribution in two white cement grinding units using Swebrec function

    Article • DYNA, April 2019, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  44. A Multi-Index Analysis Approach to Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment in River Sediments in the Ponce Enríquez Area, Ecuador

    Article • Water, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  45. Mineral Processing Technologies for the Remediation of Soils Polluted by Trace Elements

    Article • November 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  46. Nanoscale zero-valent iron-assisted soil washing for the removal of potentially toxic elements

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, May 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  47. Frequency domain characterization of torque in tumbling ball mills using DEM modelling: Application to filling level monitoring

    Article • Powder Technology, January 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  48. Modeling of the Specific Breakage Rate Based on the Viscosity for Wet Grinding

    Article • July 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  49. Erratum to: Particle size distribution fitting of surface detrital sediment using the Swrebec function

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  50. Heat generation model in the ball-milling process of a tantalum ore

    Article • Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, February 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  51. Soil washing optimization by means of attributive analysis: Case study for the removal of potentially toxic elements from soil contaminated with pyrite ash

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, January 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  52. Product size distribution function influence on interpolation calculations in the Bond ball mill grindability test

    Article • International Journal of Mineral Processing, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  53. GEOSTATISTICAL APPROACH TO THE 3D-DISTRIBUTION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND POLLUTED SOIL IN A BROWNFIELD

    Article • June 2016, STEF92 Technology

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  54. Environmental study of gold mining tailings in the Ponce Enriquez mining area (Ecuador)

    Article • DYNA, February 2016, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  55. Comprehensive waste characterization and organic pollution co-occurrence in a Hg and As mining and metallurgy brownfield

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  56. Energy efficiency in the zeolite impact crushing plant of San Andrés (Holguín, Cuba)

    Article • DYNA, October 2015, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  57. Particle size distribution fitting of surface detrital sediment using the Swrebec function

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  58. Ceramic ball wear prediction in tumbling mills as a grinding media selection tool

    Article • Powder Technology, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  59. Tannins: the organic depressants alternative in selective flotation of sulfides

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  60. Fine grinding size distribution analysis using the Swrebec function

    Article • Powder Technology, May 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  61. CO2 activation of chars: Effect of burn-off on texture and fractal properties

    Article • Fuel Processing Technology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  62. High intensity magnetic separation for the clean-up of a site polluted by lead metallurgy

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, March 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  63. Recuperación de iones cobre por flotación con amilxantato de potasio

    Article • Revista de Metalurgia, August 2012, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  64. Feasibility study on the use of soil washing to remediate the As–Hg contamination at an ancient mining and metallurgy area

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, November 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  65. Toward determining the behavior of fragmentation functions during the impact crushing of minerals

    Article • Mining Metallurgy & Exploration, May 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  66. Transient state analysis by simulation in a closed grinding circuit

    Article • Minerals Engineering, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  67. Analysis of soil washing effectiveness to remediate a brownfield polluted with pyrite ashes

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, August 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  68. The preg-robbing of gold and silver by clays during cyanidation under agitation and heap leaching conditions

    Article • International Journal of Mineral Processing, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  69. Study of the resistance to simple compression from adobe produced with various soils from rescencio valdés, Villa Clara, Cuba

    Article • Informes de la Construcción, September 2008, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  70. Grindability of lateritic nickel ores in Cuba

    Article • Powder Technology, February 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  71. Implementation of energy sustainability concepts during the comminution process of the Punta Gorda nickel ore plant (Cuba)

    Article • Powder Technology, December 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  72. Process models for simulation of Bond tests

    Article • Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section C, June 2006, SAGE Publications

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  73. Environmental engineering in mining engineering education

    Article • European Journal of Engineering Education, September 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  74. Determination of work index in a common laboratory mill

    Article • Mining Metallurgy & Exploration, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado

  75. Estudio del comportamiento de las colas de una planta de beneficio de mineral de fluorita frente a procesos floculación-coagulación

    Article • Revista de Metalurgia, August 2004, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Professor Juan M Menendez Aguado