Recent trends in the treatment of cyanide-containing effluents: Comparison of different approaches

L Martínková, P Bojarová, A Sedova… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The cyanide-containing effluents originate from, eg, mining, coking, electroplating and
chemical syntheses. The form and concentration of cyanide, and the effluent matrix depend …

Treatment of thiocyanate-containing wastewater: a critical review of thiocyanate destruction in industrial effluents

L Wang, X An, X **ao, N Li, D **e, F Lai… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Thiocyanate is a common pollutant in gold mine, textile, printing, dyeing, coking and other
industries. Therefore, thiocyanate in industrial wastewater is an urgent problem to be solved …

An overview of emerging cyanide bioremediation methods

N Malmir, NA Fard, S Aminzadeh… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cyanide compounds are hazardous compounds which are extremely toxic to living
organisms, especially free cyanide in the form of hydrogen cyanide gas (HCN) and cyanide …

Evaluation of the rotational speed and carbon source on the biological removal of free cyanide present on gold mine wastewater, using a rotating biological contactor

MPG Guadalima, DAN Monteros - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater streams generated during the leaching process of precious metals recovery (eg
gold, silver) contain high concentrations of toxic compounds, being free cyanide (CN−) one …

Performance of various cyanide degrading bacteria on the biodegradation of free cyanide in water

LC Razanamahandry, CT Onwordi, W Saban… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study reports on the biodegradation of free cyanide (FCN) by cyanide degrading
bacteria (CDB) that were isolated from mining wastewater and thiocyanate containing …

Photochemical degradation of cyanides and thiocyanates from an industrial wastewater

JJ Viña Mediavilla, B Fernandez Perez… - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
We have explored the simultaneous degradation of cyanides and thiocyanate present in
wastewaters from a cokemaking factory using photoassisted methods under varied …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic evaluation of alkaliphilic microbial consortia from a soda lake for the biodegradation of cyanide-rich wastewater

G Belay, C Suarez, A Simachew, CJ Paul - International Biodeterioration & …, 2025 - Elsevier
Alkaliphilic microorganisms are one option for the treatment of cyanide-polluted wastewater.
This study reports the degradation of cyanide from simulated gold mine wastewater using …

Biogas production and metabolite profiling from anaerobic biodegradation of free cyanide using municipal waste activated sludge

LG Motsoeneng, V Naidoo, L Mekuto - Bioresource Technology Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the biodegradation of free cyanide (FCN) under anaerobic
conditions using municipal waste activated sludge (MWAS) for subsequent biogas …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of Cyanide Using Soda Lake-Derived Alkaliphilic Microbial Consortia

G Belay, C Suarez, CJ Paul, A Simachew - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
Biological treatment processes at low or neutral pH are ineffective for gold mine wastewater
treatment. The aim of this study was to develop a new cyanide-rich gold mine wastewater …

Acetonitrile biodegradation and total nitrogen removal in a single-stage airlift bioreactor using bacterial endophytes

L Mekuto, NT Tsotetsi - Bioremediation Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study focused on the biodegradation of acetonitrile (ACN) and subsequent nitrification
using a mesophilic microbial consortium isolated from Phragmites australis and …