PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Akcil, A., Agcasulu, I., Swain, B., Valorization of waste LCD and recovery of critical raw material for circular economy: A review. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 149, pp. 622–637, 2019.
     
  2. Manivannan Sethurajan, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Danilo Fontana, Ata Akcil, Haci Deveci, Bojan Batinic, João P. Leal, Teresa A. Gasche, Mehmet Ali Kucuker, Kerstin Kuchta, Isabel F. F. Neto, Helena M. V. M. Soares & Andrzej Chmielarz. Recent advances on hydrometallurgical recovery of critical and precious elements from end of life electronic wastes - a review, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019.
     
  3. Arda Işıldar, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Markus Lenz, Gijs Laing, Alessandra Marra, Alessandra Cesaro, Sandeep Panda, Ata Akcil, Mehmet Ali Kucuker, Kerstin Kuchta. Biotechnological strategies for the recovery of valuable and critical raw materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) – A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 362, pp. 467–481, 2019.
     
  4. Hadi Abdollahi, Mohammad Noaparast, Sied Ziaedin Shafaei, Ata Akcil, Sandeep Panda, Mohammad Hazrati Kashi, Pouya Karimi. Prediction and optimization studies for bioleaching of molybdenite concentrate using artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm. Minerals Engineering, 130, pp. 24–35, 2019.
     
  5. Moodley, I., Sheridan, C.M., Kappelmeyer, U., Akcil, A., Environmentally sustainable acid mine drainage remediation: Research developments with a focus on waste/by-product. Minerals Engineering 126, pp. 207–220, 2018.
     
  6. Mishra, S., Akcil, A., Panda, S., Erust, C., Biodesulphurization of Turkish lignite by Leptospirillum ferriphilum: Effect of ferrous iron, Span-80 and ultrasonication Hydrometallurgy, 176, pp. 166-175, 2018.
     
  7. Karshigina, Z., Abisheva, Z., Bochevskaya, Y., Akcil, A., Sargelova, E., Silachyov, I., Recovery of rare earth metals (REMs) from primary raw material: sulphatization-leaching-precipitation-extraction. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 39:5, pp. 319-338, 2018.
     
  8. Panda, S., Akcil, A., Mishra, S., Erust, C., A novel bioreactor system for simultaneous mutli-metal leaching from industrial pyrite ash: Effect of agitation and sulphur dosage, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 342, pp. 454-463, 2018.
     
  9. Ata Akcil, Nazym Akhmadiyeva, Rinat Abdulvaliyev, Abhilash, Pratima Meshram. Overview On Extraction and Separation of Rare Earth Elements from Red Mud: Focus on Scandium. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review. 39(3), pp. 145-151, 2018.
     
  10. Mishra, S., Akcil, A., Panda, S., Tuncuk, A. Effect of Span-80 and ultrasonication on biodesulphurization of lignite by Rhodococcus erythropolis: Lab to semi-pilot scale tests. Minerals Engineering, 119, pp. 183-190, 2018.
     
  11. Mishra, S., Akcil, A., Panda, S., Agcasulu, I. Laboratory and Semipilot Bioreactor Feasibility Tests for Desulphurization of Turkish Lignite using Leptospirillum ferriphilum. Energy and Fuels, 32(3), pp. 2869-2877, 2018.
     
  12. Zinesh Sadyrovna Abisheva, Zaure Baytasovna Karshigina, Yelena Gennadyevna Bochevskaya, Ata Akcil, Elmira Abdikhalikovna Sargelova, Kvyatkovskaya Marina Nikolayevna, Igor Yurievich Silachyov. Recovery of Rare Earth Metals as Critical Raw Materials from Phosphorus Slag of Long-term Storage. Hydrometallurgy. Volume 173, pp 271-282, 2017.
     
  13. Zagorodnyaya, A.N., Abisheva, Z.S., Sadykanova, S.E., Sharipova, A.S., Akcil, A. Purification of Ammonium Perrhenate Solutions from Potassium by Ion Exchange. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review. Volume 38, Issue 5, pp 284-291, 2017.
     
  14. Agcasulu, I., Akcil, A. Metal Recovery from Bottom Ash of an Incineration Plant: Laboratory Reactor Tests. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review. Volume 38, Issue 3, pp 199-206, 2017.
     
  15. Beolchini, F., Fonti, V., Özdemiroğlu, S., Akcil, A., Dell’Anno, A. Sulphur-oxidising bacteria isolated from deep caves improve the removal of arsenic from contaminated harbour sediments. Chemistry and Ecology, 33(2), 103-113, 2017.
     
  16. Sandeep Panda, Ata Akcil, Srabani Mishra, Ceren Erust, Synergistic effect of biogenic Fe3+ coupled to S° oxidation on simultaneous bioleaching of Cu, Co, Zn and As from hazardous Pyrite Ash Waste. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 325, 59-70, 2017.
     
  17. Ata Akcil, WEEE: Booming for sustainable recycling. Waste Management, 57, 1-2, 2016.
     
  18. Srabani Mishra, Nilotpala Pradhan, Sandeep Panda, Ata Akcil, Biodegradation of dibenzothiophene and its application in the production of clean coal. Fuel Processing Technology, 152, 325-342, 2016.
     
  19. Lukhanyo Mekuto, S.K.O. Ntwampe, Ata Akcil, An integrated biological approach for treatment of cyanidation wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 571, 15, 711-720, 2016.
     
  20. Aysenur Tuncuk, Ata Akcil, Iron removal in production of purified quartz by hydrometallurgical process. International Journal of Mineral Processing, 153, 44–50, 2016.
     
  21. Z.B. Karshigina, Ye.G. Bochevskaya, E.A. Sargelova, A. Akcil, Z.S. Abisheva. Processing оf Kundybay deposit ore with recovery of rare earth metals and obtaining of a silicate solution. Vestnik of KazNRTU. – 2016. - № 3 – P. 3-8
     
  22. Cihan Ozgur, Sezen Coskun, Ata Akcil, Mehmet Beyhan, Ismail Serkan Üncü, Gökhan Civelekoglu, Combined oxidative leaching and electrowinning process for mercury recovery from spent fluorescent lamps, Waste Management. 57, 215-219, 2016.
     
  23. Shreya Ghosh, Satyanarayan Mohanty, Ata Akcil, Lala Behari Ehari Sukla, Alok Prasad Das, A greener approach for resource recycling: Manganese bioleaching. Chemosphere, 154 (1), 628-639, 2016.
     
  24. Ceren Erust, Ata Akcil, Copper and cobalt recovery from pyrite ashes of a sulphuric acid plant. Waste Management & Research, 34, 6, 527–533, 2016.
     
  25. Ceren Erust, Ata Akcil, Zyuldyz Bedelova, Kuanysh Anarbekov,  Aliya Baikonurova, Aysenur Tuncuk, Recovery of vanadium from spent catalysts of sulfuric acid plant by using inorganic and organic acids: Laboratory and semi-pilot tests. Waste Management, 49, 455-461, 2016.
     
  26. Ata Akcil, Francesco Vegliò, Francesco Ferella, Mediha Demet Okudan, Aysenur Tuncuk, A review of metal recovery from spent petroleum catalysts and ash. Waste Management, 45, 420–433, 2015.
     
  27. Saltanat Sabitovna Konyratbekova, Aliya O. Baikonurova, Galina A. Ussoltseva, Ceren Erust, Ata Akcil, Thermodynamic and kinetic of iodine-iodide leaching in gold hydrometallurgy. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition), 25 (11), 3774-3783, 2015.
     
  28. Rinat Anvarbekovich Abdulvaliyev, Ata Akcil, S.V. Gladyshev, Erbolat A. Tastanov, Kulzhaik O. Beisembekova, N.K. Akhmadiyeva, Haci Deveci, Gallium and vanadium extraction from red mud of Turkish alumina refinery plant: Hydrogarnet process. Hydrometallurgy 157, 72-77, 2015.
     
  29. Mediha Demet Okudan, Ata Akcil, Aysenur Tuncuk, Haci Deveci, Recovery of Gallium and Aluminum from Electrofilter Dust of Alumina Calcination Plant in Bayer Process. Separation Science and Technology, 50 (16), 2596-2605, 2015.
     
  30. Merve Sahin, Ata Akcil, Ceren Erust, Shinar Altynbek, Chandra Sekhar Gahan, Aysenur Tuncuk, A Potential Alternative for Precious Metal Recovery from E-waste: Iodine Leaching. Separation Science and Technology, 50 (16), 2587-2595, 2015.
     
  31. Hadi Abdollahi, Mohammad Noaparast,  Sied Ziaedin Shafaei,  Zahra Manafi,  Ceren Erust,  Ata Akcil, Acidic Leaching with Chlorate as Oxidizing Agent to Extract Mo and Re from Molybdenite Flotation Concentrate in a Copper Plant. Separation Science and Technology, 50 (15), 2396-2404, 2015.
     
  32. Sandeep Panda, Jacintha Esther, Tilothama Bhotra, Nilotpala Pradhan, Lala Behari Sukla, Barada Kanta Mishra, Ata Akcil, Sequential bioreduction – bioleaching and bioreduction – chemical leaching hybrid tests for enhanced copper recovery from a concentrator ball mill reject sample. Hydrometallurgy, 157, 171 – 177, 2015.
     
  33. Sandeep Panda, Ata Akcil, Nilotpala Pradhan, Haci Deveci, Current scenario of chalcopyrite bioleaching: A review on the recent advances to its heap-leach technology. Bioresource Technology, 196, 694 – 706, 2015.
     
  34. Hadi Abdollahi, Pouya Karimi, Ahmad Amini, Ata Akcil, Direct cyanidation and roasting combination of a semi-refractory massive sulfide ore. Minerals and Metallurgical Processing, 32, 3, 161-169, 2015.
     
  35. Ata Akcil, Ceren Erust, Chandra Sekhar Gahan, Mehmet Ozgun, Merve Sahin, Aysenur Tuncuk. Precious metal recovery from waste printed circuit boards using cyanide and non-cyanide lixiviants – A review. Waste Management, 45, 258-271, 2015.
     
  36. Sandeep Panda, Avijit Biswal, Srabani Mishra, Prasanna Kumar Panda, Nilotpala Pradhan, Umaballava Mohapatra, Lala Behari Sukla, Barada Kanta Mishra, Ata Akcil. Reductive dissolution by waste newspaper for enhanced meso-acidophilic bioleaching of copper from low grade chalcopyrite: A new concept of biohydrometallurgy. Hydrometallurgy, 153, 98-105, 2015.
     
  37. S.V. Gladyshev, A. Akcil, R.A. Abdulvaliyev, E.A. Tastanov, K.O. Beisembekova, S.S. Temirova, H. Deveci. Recovery of vanadium and gallium from solid waste by-products of Bayer process. Minerals Engineering, 74, 91-98, 2015.
     
  38. Zaure Karshigina, Zinesh Abisheva, Yelena Bochevskaya, Ata Akcil, Elmira Sargelova. Recovery of rare earth metals and precipitated silicon dioxide from phosphorus slag. Minerals Engineering, 77, 159-166, 2015.
     
  39. Mediha Demet Okudan, Ata Akcil, Aysenur Tuncuk, Haci Deveci. Effect of parameters on vanadium recovery from by-products of the Bayer process. Hydrometallurgy, 152, 76-83, 2015.
     
  40. Ata Akcil, Ceren Erust, Sevda Ozdemiroglu, Viviana Fonti, Francesca Beolchini. A review of approaches and techniques used in aquatic contaminated sediments: metal removal and stabilization by chemical and biotechnological processes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 86, 24-36, 2015.
     
  41. Saltanat Sabitovna Konyratbekova, Aliya Baikonurova, Ata Akcil. Non-Cyanide Leaching Processes in Gold Hydrometallurgy and Iodine-Iodide Applications: A review. Mineral Processing and Exractive Metallurgy Review, 36:3, 198-212, 2015.
     
  42. Sina Ghassa, Zohreh Boruomand, Marzie Moradian, Hadi Abdollahi, Ata Akcil. Microbial dissolution of Zn-Pb sulphide minerals using mesophilic iron and sulphur oxidizing acidophiles. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review. 36:2, 112-122, 2015.
     
  43. Ata Akcil, Ismail Agcasulu, Critical Metal: Indium and its Recovery from Waste LCD Monitor. Recycling Industry, May, 54-59, 2015.
     
  44. A. Akcil, G. Mills. Global Best Practices in Cyanide Management: The International Cyanide Management Code (ICMC) and Turkish Experience. Mining Turkey, Vol. 4, No. 7, pp.22-27, 2014.
     
  45. Sina Ghassa, Zohreh Boruomand, Hadi Abdollahi, Marzie Moradian, Ata Akcil. Bioleaching of high grade Zn–Pb bearing ore by mixed moderate thermophilic microorganisms. Separation and Purification Technology, 136, 241-249, 2014.
     
  46. C. Erüst, M. Şahin, A. Tuncuk, A. Akcil, H. Deveci. Metal Recovery by Biological Processes from Waste in Urban Mining. Recycling Industry, 74, 74-78, April 2014 (in Turkish).
     
  47. A. Akcil. Is Cyanide a Manageable Chemical?, Madencilik Türkiye (Mining Turkey), 38, 68-72, April 2014 (in Turkish).
     
  48. M. Aliakbari, K. Saberyan, M. Noaparast, H. Abdollahi, A. Akcil. Separation of Hafnium and Zirconium using TBP modified ferromagnetic nanoparticles: Effects of acid and metals concentrations. Hydrometallurgy, 146, 72-75, 2014.
     
  49. Filcenco Olteanu, T. Dobre, E. Panturu, A. D. Radu, A. Akcil, Experimental process analysis and mathematical modelling for selective gold leaching from slag through wet chlorination. Hydrometallurgy, 144-145, 170-185, 2014.
     
  50. A. Tuncuk and A. Akcil, Removal of Iron from Quartz Using Different Acids: A Laboratory-Scale Reactor Test Study. Mineral Processing and Exractive Metallurgy Review, 35, 217-228, 2014.
     
  51. Hadi Abdollahi, Seyed Ziaedin Shafaei, Mohammad Noaparast, Z. Manafi, N. Aslan, A. Akcil, The Effect of Different Additives and Medium on the Bioleaching of Molybdenite for Cu and Mo Extraction Using Mix Mesophilic Microorganism. Int J Min & Geo-Eng (IJMGE), 47, 61-80, 2013.
     
  52. A. Tuncuk, A. Akcil. Effects of Lixiviant (H2SO4 and C6H8O7) and Reductant (H2O2) with an Application of Acid Leaching in Production of High Quality Quartz. Journal of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey (Madencilik). 52 (2), 1-13, 2013 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  53. C.Erust, A. Akcil, C.S. Gahan, A. Tuncuk, H. Deveci. Biohydrometallurgy of Secondary Metal Resources: A Potential Alternative Approach for Metal Recovery. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 88, 2115-2132, 2013.
     
  54. S. V. Gladyshev, A. Akcil, R.A. Abdulvaliev, E.A. Tastanov, K.O. Beisembekova, S.S. Temirova. Study of gallium ions electron in an alkaline solution. Hydrometallurgy, 140, 95-101, 2013.
     
  55. N. Kuyucak, A. Akcil, Cyanide and Removal Options from Effluents in Gold Mining and Metallurgical Processes. Minerals Engineering, 50-51, 13-29, 2013.
     
  56. H. Ciftci and A. Akcil. Biohydrometallurgy in Turkish gold mining: First shake flask and bioreactor studies. Minerals Engineering, 46-47, 25-33, 2013.
     
  57. A.Tuncuk, S. Ciftlik, A. Akcil, Factorial Experiments for Iron Removal from Kaolin by using Single and Two-step Leaching with Sulphuric Acid. Hydrometallurgy, 134-135, 80-86, 2013.
     
  58. S. Gahan, H. Srichandan, D.J. Kim, A. Akcil. Biohydrometallurgy and Biomineral Processing Technology: A Review on its Past, Present and Future. Research Journal of Recent Sciences. 1(10), 85-99, 2012.
     
  59. C. Erüst, A. Tuncuk, A. Akcil, An Environmental Approach in Metal Recovery from Secondary Resources: Bioleaching. Recycling Industry, 61, 74-78, 2012 (in Turkish).
     
  60. M. Şahin, C. Erüst, A. Tuncuk, A. Akcil, E-Waste in Urban Mining. Economical and Technical Journal (Standard), 51 (605), 65-69, 2012 (in Turkish).
     
  61. F. Anjum, M. Shahid, A. Akcil, Biohydrometallurgy techniques of low grade ores: A review. Hydrometallurgy, 117-118, 1-12, 2012.
     
  62. A.Tuncuk, V. Stazi, A. Akcil, E.Y. Yazici, H. Deveci, Aqueous Metal Recovery Techniques from E-Scrap: Hydrometallurgy in Recycling. Minerals Engineering, 25, 28-37, 2012.
     
  63. H. Ciftci, A. Akcil, 2011. Sülfürlü Bir Altın Cevherinin Karışık Asidofilik Kültürler ile Biyooksidasyonu. Biyoloji Bilimleri Araştırma Dergisi (BİBAD), 4(2), 87-91 (in Turkish).
     
  64. A. Akcil, A New Global Approach of Cyanide Management: International Cyanide Management Code for the Manufacture, Transport and Use of Cyanide in the Production of Gold. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 31, 3, 35-49, 2010.
     
  65. H. Ciftci and A. Akcil, Effect of biooxidation conditions on cyanide consumption and gold recovery from a refractory flotation gold concentrate. Hydrometallurgy, 104 (2), 142-149, 2010.
     
  66. A. Tuncuk, A. Ognyanova, H. Ciftci, F. Veglio, A. Akcil, Characterization and quality improvement of iron-rich recycled glass from industrial wastes. Waste Management & Research, 28: 445-454, 2010.
     
  67. H. Ciftci, A. Akcil, An Alternative and Environmentally Friendly Method in Metals Recovery from E-Wastes: Biohydrometallurgy, Recycling Industry, 28, 60-62, 2010 (in Turkish).
     
  68. T. Kükrer, E. Karakaya, M. Kitiş, A. Akcil, Lithium Ion Batteries. Turkey Recycling Technology, 11, 68-71, 2010 (in Turkish).
     
  69. A. Tuncuk, S. Çiftlik, A.N. Güneş, İ. Handırı, H. Çiftçi, A. Akcil, Effects of Different Organic Acids in Iron Removal from Kaolin Ore, Journal of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey (Madencilik), 49 (2), 3-16, 2010 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  70. A. Ognyanova , A.T. Ozturk, I. de Michelis, F. Ferella, G. Taglieri, A. Akcil, F. Veglio. Metal extraction from spent sulfuric acid catalyst through alkaline and acidic leaching. Hydrometallurgy, 100, 20-28, 2009.
     
  71. A. Akcil, E. Yazıcı, H. Deveci.  E-wastes: Mines of Future. Turkey Recycling Technology, 10, 66-73, 2009 (in Turkish and English).
     
  72. E. Yazıcı, H. Deveci, A. Akcil, Recovery from Recycling: E-Wastes, Recycling Industry, 26, 80-84, 2009 (in Turkish and English).
     
  73. F. Gurbuz, H. Ciftci, A.Akcil, Biodegradation of cyanide containing effluents by Scenedesmus obliquus. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162 (1), 74-79, 2009.
     
  74. A. Akcil, A., Wu, X. Q. and Aksay, E. K.. Coal-Gold Agglomeration: An Alternative Separation Process in Gold Recovery, Separation & Purification Reviews, 38 (2), 173-201, 2009.
     
  75. E. Sayilgan, T. Kukrer, F. Ferella, A. Akcil, F. Veglio, M.Kitis. Reductive leaching of manganese and zinc from spent alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries in acidic media. Hydrometallurgy 97, 73-79. 2009.
     
  76. E. Sayilgan, T. Kukrer, G. Civelekoglu, F. Ferella, A. Akcil, F. Veglio, M. Kitis. A review of technologies for the recovery of metals from spent alkaline and zinc-carbon batteries. Hydrometallurgy, 97 (3-4), 158-166, 2009.
     
  77. Akcil A., Ciftci H., Deveci H., Role and contribution of pure and mixed cultures of mesophiles in bioleaching of a pyritic chalcopyrite concentrate, Minerals Engineering, 20, 310-318, 2007.
     
  78. Akcil A., Ciftci, H., Mechanisms of Bacterial Leaching in Metal Recovery, Journal of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey, 45 (4), 19-27, 2006 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  79. Ciftci H., Akcil A., Biological Methods Applied in the Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD), Journal of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey (Madencilik), 45 (1), 35-45, 2006 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  80. Akcil A., Turkey, Mining Annual Review, Mining Journal Ltd., England, 2006, pp. 1-6.
     
  81. Akcil A., Tuncuk A., Overview of chemical and biological methods in purification of kaolins, Journal of Clay Science and Technology, 2, 59-69, 2006 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  82. Akcil A., Mining history in Anatolia-Part 1, CIM Bulletin, 1 (1), 90-92, 2006.
     
  83. Akcil A., Mining history in Anatolia-Part 2, CIM Bulletin, 1 (2), 68-70, 2006.
     
  84. Akcil A., Mining history in Anatolia-Part 3, CIM Bulletin, 1 (3), 101-103, 2006.
     
  85. Akcil A., Koldas S., Environmental contamination in the mining industry: the case of acid mine drainage (AMD), Journal of Cleaner Production, 14 (8), 1139-1145, 2006.
     
  86. Akcil A., Cyanide Management: health and safety in a gold-silver mine, Journal of Cleaner Production, 14 (8), 727-735, 2006.
     
  87. Kitis M., Karakaya E., Yigit N.O., Civelekoglu G., Akcil A., Heterogeneous catalytic degradation of cyanide using copper-impregnated pumice and hydrogen peroxide, Water Research, 39, 1652-1662, 2005.
     
  88. Kitis M., Akcil A., Karakaya E., Yigit, N.O., Destruction of cyanide by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in tailing slurry from low bearing sulphidic gold ores, Minerals Engineering, 18 (3), 353-362, 2005.
     
  89. Akcil A., Potential bioleaching developments towards commercial reality: Turkish metal mining’s future, Minerals Engineering, 17 (3), 477-480, 2004.
     
  90. Deveci H., Akcil A., Alp I., Bioleaching of complex zinc sulphides using mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria: comparative importance of pH and iron, Hydrometallurgy, 73 (3-4), 293-303, 2004.
     
  91. Gurbuz F., Ciftci H., Akcil A., Karahan A., Microbial detoxification of  cyanide solutions: a new biotechnological approach using algae, Hydrometallurgy, 72 (1-2), 167-176, 2004.
     
  92. Akcil A., Destruction of cyanide in gold mill effluents: biological versus chemical treatments, Biotechnology Advances, 21 (6), 501-510, 2003.
     
  93. Akcil A., Mudder T., Microbial destruction of cyanide wastes in gold mining: process review, Biotechnology Letters, 25 (6), 445-450, 2003.
     
  94. Akcil A., Karahan, A., Ciftci H., Sagdic O., Biological treatment of cyanide by natural isolated bacteria (Pseudomonas species), Minerals Engineering, 16 (7), 643-649, 2003.
     
  95. Akcil A., Ciftci H., Metals recovery from multimetal sulphide concentrates: combination of thermal activation and pressure leaching, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 71 (1-4), 233-246, 2003.
     
  96. Akcil A., Ciftci H., Bacterial leaching of Kure copper ore, Journal of the Chamber of Mining Engineers of Turkey (Madencilik), 42 (4), 15-25, 2003 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  97. Akcil A., Ciftci H., Effect of sulphur and iron-oxidizing bacteria on metal recovery in leaching of Kure piritic copper ore, Bulletin of Earth Sciences Application and Research Centre of Hacettepe University 28, 145-154, 2003. (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  98. Ciftci H., Akcil A., A study on iron oxidation in leaching of copper ore with pyrite using by mesophilic bacteria, Geosound, 43, 63-75, 2003 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  99. Akcil A., Ciftci H., A study of the selective leaching of complex sulphides from the Eastern Black Sea region, Minerals Engineering, 15 (6), 457-459, 2002.
     
  100. Akcil A., First application of cyanidation process in Turkish gold mining and its environmental protection, Minerals Engineering, 15 (9), 695-699, 2002.
     
  101. Akcil A., A preliminary research of acid pressure leaching of pyritic copper ore in Kure copper mine, Turkey, Minerals Engineering, 15 (12), 1193-1197, 2002.
     
  102. Akcil A., Cyanide using in gold mining and environmental standards, Standard-Economic and Technical Journal (TSE press), 41, 65-68, 2002 (in Turkish).
     
  103. Akcil A., Akar A., Some factors influencing the gold recovery by oil agglomeration, Geosound, 37, 171-178, 2000 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  104. Gunes N., Akcil A., An investigation of chemical processes in gold recovery, Journal of Engineering Sciences, 3, 389-392, 1997 (in Turkish with English Abstract).
     
  105. Yamık A., Mustafaev I., Guliyeva N., Akcil A., Phsico-chemical properties of lignites, Geosound, 25, 175-184, 1994 (in Turkish with English Abstract).