Thandazile Moyo

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Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME)

Thandazile Moyo is an assistant professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering (EME) at the Pennsylvania State University and a co-funded faculty in the Materials Research Institute (MRI). She is experienced in the hydrometallurgical processing of gold and base metals. Her research interests are developing flowsheets and testing green technology for metal recovery from primary and secondary resources. Some of her research employs the use of electrochemistry and electroanalytical tools to study surface reactions in mineral dissolution. Beyond the purely technical, Thandazile is passionate about the sustainable development of mineral resources and conducts research on the long-term impacts of mineral extraction. She researches on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), looking at the technological challenges and the contributions of the sector to sustainable development.

Before she joined Penn State University, Moyo completed her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the University of Cape Town. She worked as a researcher, focused on flowsheet development and testing for metal recovery from waste PCBs and co-developed and taught courses on sustainability in minerals extraction at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Recent Publications

The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: The case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town

Chitaka, T. Y., Moyo, T., Gihring, K. & Schenck, C., 2022, In: South African Journal of Science. 118, 12456.

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A Study on the Applicability of Agitated Cyanide Leaching and Thiosulphate Leaching for Gold Extraction in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

Manzila, A. N., Moyo, T. & Petersen, J., Oct 2022, In: Minerals. 12, 10, 1291.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Barriers to recycling e-waste within a changing legal environment in South Africa

Moyo, T., Sadan, Z., Lötter, A. & Petersen, J., 2022, In: South African Journal of Science. 118, 12564.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Urban mining versus Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): An interrogation of their contribution to sustainable livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa

Moyo, T., Chitaka, T. Y., Lotter, A., Schenck, C. J. & Petersen, J., Dec 2022, In: Extractive Industries and Society. 12, 101173.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Assessing alternative pre-treatment methods to promote metal recovery in the leaching of printed circuit boards

Moyo, T., Chirume, B. H. & Petersen, J., Jan 2020, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 152, 104545.

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The electrochemistry and kinetics of the oxidative dissolution of chalcopyrite in ammoniacal solutions. Part II – Cathodic reactions

Moyo, T., Petersen, J. & Nicol, M. J., Mar 2019, In: Hydrometallurgy. 184, p. 67-74 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

E-waste in the international context – A review of trade flows, regulations, hazards, waste management strategies and technologies for value recovery

Ilankoon, I. M. S. K., Ghorbani, Y., Chong, M. N., Herath, G., Moyo, T. & Petersen, J., Dec 2018, In: Waste Management. 82, p. 258-275 18 p.

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The electrochemistry and kinetics of the oxidative dissolution of chalcopyrite in ammoniacal solutions: Part I – Anodic Reactions

Moyo, T., Petersen, J. & Nicol, M. J., Dec 2018, In: Hydrometallurgy. 182, p. 97-103 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Study of the dissolution of chalcopyrite in solutions of different ammonium salts

Moyo, T. & Petersen, J., Jun 2016, In: Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 116, 6, p. 509-516 8 p.

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An electrochemical study of the dissolution of chalcopyrite in ammonia-ammonium sulphate solutions

Moyo, T., Petersen, J., Franzidis, J. P. & Nicol, M., Jul 2015, In: Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. 54, 3, p. 269-278 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review