Ankur Srivastava

About

Ankur Srivastava is a PhD research scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, specializing in Non-Ferrous Extractive Metallurgy. His current research focuses on the sustainable recycling of aluminium dross—an industrial by-product—into value-added materials using innovative extractive metallurgical techniques. With a keen interest in advancing circular economy principles, his work integrates hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical approaches for resource recovery and waste minimization. Ankur’s academic journey is driven by a passion for transforming metallurgical waste into functional materials, contributing toward greener and more sustainable metal industries.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Research Scholar
  2021 - Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi Master of Technology (M.Tech)
  2019 - 2021
• Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
  2015 - 2019

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (12)

• Underlying advances in rare earth elements recovery from waste: A comprehensive review
  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2025.120957
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• Waste-to-hydrogen production: Recycling aluminium dross in alkali solutions
  Next Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.nxener.2025.100498
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• Process Optimisation Study of Hydrogen Evolution from Aluminium Dross in Acidic Medium
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6237318
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• Hydrometallurgical Recycling of White Aluminum Dross to Synthesize tris(8-Hydroxyquinoline)Aluminum(III)
  Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40831-025-01243-8
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• An alternative method of black aluminium dross utilization
  European Metallurgical Conference 2025
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• Platinum group elements recycling processes
  Environmental Technologies to Treat Platinum Group Element Pollution: Principles and Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.2166/9781789065084_0217
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• Valorization of aluminium dross for the development of al-rich product
  Agronomy Research 2024 DOI: 10.15159/AR.24.071
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• A hydrometallurgical perspective of aluminium dross recycling
  Materials Today: Proceedings 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2023.07.225
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• On trending technologies of aluminium dross recycling: A review
  Process Safety and Environmental Protection 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2023.01.010
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• Modern recycling and applications of aluminium dross
  3rd International Conference on Advances in Materials & Processing: Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO-2022) 2022
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