Metals extraction from sulfide ores with microorganisms: the bioleaching technology and recent developments

W Sajjad, G Zheng, G Din, X Ma, M Rafiq… - Transactions of the Indian …, 2019 - Springer
Nowadays, due to fast global industrial progress and near diminution of high-grade ore
reserves, there has been massive call to cost-effectively process the resources of low-grade …

Biohydrometallurgy as an environmentally friendly approach in metals recovery from electrical waste: A review

A Habibi, S Shamshiri Kourdestani… - Waste Management & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Nowadays, large amount of municipal solid waste is because of electrical scraps (ie waste
electrical and electronic equipment) that contain large quantities of electrical conductive …

Removal of metals from lead-zinc mine tailings using bioleaching and followed by sulfide precipitation

M Ye, G Li, P Yan, J Ren, L Zheng, D Han, S Sun… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Mine tailings often contain significant amounts of metals and sulfide, many traditional
operations used to minerals was not as good as those currently available. This study …

Novel bioleaching of waste lithium ion batteries by mixed moderate thermophilic microorganisms, using iron scrap as energy source and reducing agent

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi, H Abdollahi - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
Low kinetic is one of the most important disadvantages of bioleaching. The leaching rate can
be increased by employing thermophilic microorganisms. In this research, the moderate …

[HTML][HTML] Bioleaching of iron, copper, lead, and zinc from the sludge mining sediment at different particle sizes, pH, and pulp density using Acidithiobacillus …

D Rouchalova, K Rouchalova, I Janakova, V Cablik… - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Globally, the amounts of metal ore deposits have been declining, so the research directions
investigating the extraction of metals from materials that are classified as waste are gaining …

The reductive leaching of waste lithium ion batteries in presence of iron ions: Process optimization and kinetics modelling

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycling of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is essential not only to protect the environment but
also to recover valuable metals, such as lithium and cobalt. The effect of ferrous (Fe 2+) has …

Bioleaching combined brine leaching of heavy metals from lead-zinc mine tailings: transformations during the leaching process

M Ye, P Yan, S Sun, D Han, X **ao, LI Zheng, S Huang… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
During the process of bioleaching, lead (Pb) recovery is low. This low recovery is caused by
a problem with the bioleaching technique. This research investigated the bioleaching …

Iron scrap, a sustainable reducing agent for waste lithium ions batteries leaching: An environmentally friendly method to treating waste with waste

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current paper introduces the iron scrap as a sustainable, economic and efficient reducing
agent for cobalt, nickel, and lithium leaching from waste lithium ion batteries (LIBs). In this …

Evaluation of the effects of L-cysteine addition on the bioleaching of zinc and cadmium from sphalerite flotation concentrate

M Kordloo, H Abdollahi, M Gharabaghi, A Yadollahi… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary zinc ore in the world is sphalerite, and roasting-leaching-electrowinning (RLE)
is the most typical method of processing. This method has different disadvantages, and …

Green recovery of Cu-Ni-Fe from a mixture of spent PCBs using adapted A. ferrooxidans in a bubble column bioreactor

M Arshadi, F Pourhossein, SM Mousavi… - Separation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The high amount of base metals poses an important challenge in gold bioleaching from
spent printed circuit boards (PCBs). This study aims to investigate the bioleaching of …