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Engineering and Technology
Kazakhstan
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
49
Citations
12170
World Ranking
4228
National Ranking
2

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  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Kazakhstan Leader Award

Overview

Ata Akcil is affiliated with Süleyman Demirel University in Turkey. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with notable work in subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of Ata Akcil's research include:

  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Bauxite Residue and Utilization
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ata Akcil are:

  • Sandeep Panda
  • Seydou Dembele
  • Srabani Mishra
  • Ayşenur Tuncuk
  • Ceren Erüst

Publication venues where Ata Akcil has frequently contributed include:

  • Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review
  • Minerals Engineering
  • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
  • Minerals
  • Kompleksnoe Ispolzovanie Mineralnogo Syra = Complex Use of Mineral Resources

Selected recent publications by Ata Akcil are:

  • COVID-19 disruptions to tech-metals supply are a wake-up call, 2020, Nature
  • Hydrometallurgical recycling strategies for recovery of rare earth elements from consumer electronic scraps: a review, 2021, Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology

Other related works involving frequent collaborators, though not authored by Ata Akcil, include:

  • Biotechnological trends and market impact on the recovery of rare earth elements from bauxite residue (red mud) - A review, 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Red mud valorization an industrial waste circular economy challenge; review over processes and their chemistry, 2020, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Technological trends, emerging applications and metallurgical strategies in antimony recovery from stibnite, 2021, Minerals Engineering

Ata Akcil has also contributed to book publications, including a recent work published by Springer International Publishing titled Biotechnological Innovations in the Mineral-Metal Industry (2024).

Best Publications

  • Acid Mine Drainage (AMD): causes, treatment and case studies

    Ata Akcil;Soner Koldas

  • Aqueous metal recovery techniques from e-scrap: Hydrometallurgy in recycling

    A. Tuncuk;V. Stazi;A. Akcil;E.Y. Yazici

  • Precious metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards using cyanide and non-cyanide lixiviants: a review

    Ata Akcil;Ceren Erust;Chandra Sekhar Gahan;Chandra Sekhar Gahan;Mehmet Ozgun

  • A review of approaches and techniques used in aquatic contaminated sediments: metal removal and stabilization by chemical and biotechnological processes

    Ata Akcil;Ceren Erust;Sevda Ozdemiroglu;Viviana Fonti

  • Cyanide and removal options from effluents in gold mining and metallurgical processes

    Nural Kuyucak;Ata Akcil

  • Recent advances on hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and precious elements from end of life electronic wastes - a review

    Manivannan Sethurajan;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Danilo Fontana;Ata Akcil

  • Destruction of cyanide in gold mill effluents: biological versus chemical treatments.

    Ata Akcil

  • A review of technologies for the recovery of metals from spent alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries

    Emine Sayilgan;T. Kukrer;Gökhan Civelekoglu;F. Ferella

  • A review of metal recovery from spent petroleum catalysts and ash

    Ata Akcil;Francesco Vegliò;Francesco Ferella;Mediha Demet Okudan

  • Biotechnological strategies for the recovery of valuable and critical raw materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - A review.

    Arda Işıldar;Arda Işıldar;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Eric D. van Hullebusch;Markus Lenz;Markus Lenz;Gijs Du Laing

  • Current scenario of chalcopyrite bioleaching: a review on the recent advances to its heap-leach technology.

    Sandeep Panda;Ata Akcil;Nilotpala Pradhan;Haci Deveci

  • Microbial destruction of cyanide wastes in gold mining: process review.

    Ata Akcil;Terry Mudder

  • Environmentally sustainable acid mine drainage remediation: Research developments with a focus on waste/by-products

    I. Moodley;C.M. Sheridan;U. Kappelmeyer;U. Kappelmeyer;A. Akcil

  • Biological treatment of cyanide by natural isolated bacteria (Pseudomonas sp.)

    A Akcil;AG Karahan;H Ciftci;Osman Sagdic

  • Bioleaching of complex zinc sulphides using mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria: comparative importance of pH and iron

    H. Deveci;A. Akcil;I. Alp

  • Biohydrometallurgy techniques of low grade ores: A review on black shale

    Fozia Anjum;Muhammad Shahid;Ata Akcil

  • Biodegradation of cyanide containing effluents by Scenedesmus obliquus.

    Fatma Gurbuz;Hasan Ciftci;Ata Akcil

  • Overview On Extraction and Separation of Rare Earth Elements from Red Mud: Focus on Scandium

    Ata Akcil;Nazym Akhmadiyeva;Rinat Abdulvaliyev;Abhilash

  • A greener approach for resource recycling: Manganese bioleaching.

    S. Ghosh;S. Mohanty;A. Akcil;L.B. Sukla

  • Role and contribution of pure and mixed cultures of mesophiles in bioleaching of a pyritic chalcopyrite concentrate

    A. Akcil;H. Ciftci;H. Deveci

  • Heterogeneous catalytic degradation of cyanide using copper-impregnated pumice and hydrogen peroxide.

    Mehmet Kitis;Emine Karakaya;Nevzat O. Yigit;Gokhan Civelekoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Vegliò
Francesco Vegliò University of L'Aquila
Mehmet Kitis
Mehmet Kitis Süleyman Demirel University
Francesca Beolchini
Francesca Beolchini Marche Polytechnic University
Eric D. van Hullebusch
Eric D. van Hullebusch Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Antonio Dell'Anno
Antonio Dell'Anno Marche Polytechnic University
Zhi Sun
Zhi Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jae-chun Lee
Jae-chun Lee Korea University of Science and Technology
Osman Sagdic
Osman Sagdic Yıldız Technical University
Gijs Du Laing
Gijs Du Laing Ghent University
Muhammad Shahid
Muhammad Shahid COMSATS University Islamabad

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