The rapidly growing demand for lithium has resulted in a sharp increase in its price. This is
due to the ubiquitous use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale energy and …

This article has reviewed the progress that has been made in bioleaching research of metals
using filamentous fungi. This review has focused on fungal bioleaching from various metal …

Lithium (Li) is primarily found in mineral resources, brines, and seawater. Extraction of Li
from mineral ore deposits is expensive and energy-intensive. Li-ion batteries (LIBs) are …

Bioleaching has attracted more attention among researchers for Rare Earth Elements
(REEs) extraction by using microorganisms as the means to initiate and advance mineral …

The increasing demand for metals and the concomitant depletion of the primary metallic
resources is one of the most important environmental and societal challenges nowadays …

Spent lithium-ion batteries have caused global concern owing to their rich resource metal
content and high potential for polluting the environment. In the present study, a green …

With the continuous development of industrialization and the depletion of ore resources, the
recovery of valuable metals from spent catalysts has attracted the attention of researchers …

Large quantities of solid catalysts are routinely used in many chemical industries especially
in petroleum refining and petrochemical industries. Solid catalysts contain metals, metal …

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

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite
of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key …