Coal is a non-renewable fossil fuel combusted to generate power or used to produce liquid
or gas fuels with high energy densities. The abundance of coal reserves and the …

Mineral biotechnological applications, eg, bioleaching and bio-beneficiation, for waste
treatment and resource recovery have invited due attention owing to their economic and eco …

The present investigation is intended to develop the stabilization and transportation
behavior of fly ash slurry (FAS) using the mixture of the surfactants, namely, Sapindus …

The quest for scientifically advanced and sustainable solutions is driven by growing
environmental and economic issues associated with coal mining, processing, and utilization …

In natural ecosystems, diverse iron oxidizing bacteria are of common occurrence. Basically,
two different mechanisms have been proposed for catalysis of iron oxidation by bacterial …

BACKGROUND Waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) are a resource containing a wide
array of metals and are of great importance because their metal concentration is much …

Coal spontaneous combustion (CSC) has hindered the utilization of coal resources and the
development of the global economy for centuries. At present, many materials are used for …

The present work deals with the use of iron/sulfur-oxidizing bacterium Acidithiobacillus
ferrooxidans for the desulfurization of a coal sample from Assam, India. The coal sample …

The rapidly increasing modern industrial world demands a huge uninterrupted energy
supply, where high-quality coal (HQC) is one of the major sources of the required energy. In …

In this study, the effect of graphite on sphalerite dissolution was investigated using a
Leptospirillum ferrooxidans (L. ferrooxidans) dominated meso-acidophilic bacterial …