Biotechnology in the management and resource recovery from metal bearing solid wastes: Recent advances

M Sethurajan, ED van Hullebusch… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Solid metalliferous wastes (sludges, dusts, residues, slags, red mud and tailing wastes)
originating from ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgical industries are a serious environmental …

Acidophilic bioleaching: a review on the process and effect of organic–inorganic reagents and materials on its efficiency

M Jafari, H Abdollahi, SZ Shafaei… - Mineral Processing …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Bio-hydrometallurgical applications have been receiving more attention globally for
processing of several metal bearing wastes. Developments in bioleaching enable this …

A conceptual process for copper extraction from chalcopyrite in alkaline glycinate solutions

JJ Eksteen, EA Oraby, BC Tanda - Minerals Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
A conceptual flowsheet is proposed and the main processing steps are evaluated for the
alkaline processing of chalcopyrite where glycine is the complexing agent. Glycine is utilised …

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 ** an environment-friendly depressant to separate galena from molybdenite by
flotation remains greatly challenging. Herein, the nontoxic DL-dithiothreitol (DLD) was used …

Intensified acidophilic bioleaching of multi‐metals from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs) of spent mobile phones

C Erust, A Akcil, A Tuncuk… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

A novel approach based on solvent displacement crystallisation for iron removal and copper recovery from solutions of semi-pilot scale bioleaching of WPCBs

C Erust, A Akcil, A Tuncuk, H Deveci, EY Yazici… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioleaching of copper from electronic waste (e-waste) in the form of high grade waste
printed circuit boards (WPCBs) collected from obsoletemobile phones is assessed using a …

A modelling study of a buffer zone in abating heavy metal contamination from a gold mine of Hainan Province in nearby agricultural area

YX Feng, XZ Yu, H Zhang - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The establishment of new buffer zone in the mine areas lacks the basis of theoretical model.
As a case study, this study presents the partition model of new buffer zone in a small-scale …

Pollution due to hazardous glass waste

D Pant, P Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014 - Springer
Pollution resulting from hazardous glass (HG) is widespread across the globe, both in terms
of quantity and associated health risks. In waste cathode ray tube (CRT) and fluorescent …

Transition metals in freshwater crustaceans, tilapia, and inland water: Hazardous to the population of the small island province

CJM Agarin, DR Mascareñas, R Nolos, E Chan… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper elaborates on the potential toxicants detected in inland water, freshwater
crustaceans, and tilapia in an island that experienced mining disasters in 1993 and 1996 …