A review of sulfide minerals microbially assisted leaching in stirred tank reactors

A Mahmoud, P Cézac, AFA Hoadley… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
Compared to conventional extractive techniques, bacterial assisted leaching, also called
“biomining” is an eco-friendly technology that provides improved metal/solid separations …

Prospective directions for biohydrometallurgy

AH Kaksonen, X Deng, T Bohu, L Zea, HN Khaleque… - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
Biohydrometallurgy has been commercially applied for the extraction of base metals from
low-grade sulfidic ores and the pre-treatment of refractory sulfidic gold-containing minerals …

Environmentally friendly recovery of valuable metals from spent coin cells through two-step bioleaching using Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

T Naseri, N Bahaloo-Horeh, SM Mousavi - Journal of Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
The technology for recycling the spent coin cells is pressing needed due to a large amount
of generated spent coin cells. However, there is little information about the recycling …

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 …

Simultaneous recovery of valuable metal ions and tailings toxicity reduction using a mixed culture bioleaching process

X Liao, M Ye, S Li, J Liang, S Zhou, X Fang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lead–zinc sulfide mine tailings without appropriate disposal would cause resource waste
and heavy metal pollution in the environment. This study aims to design a novel mixed …

Combined effects of jarosite and visible light on chalcopyrite dissolution mediated by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

B Yang, M Lin, J Fang, R Zhang, W Luo, X Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Although jarosite and visible light are important factors for the formation of acid mine
drainage (AMD), the effects of combined jarosite and visible light on chalcopyrite …

Effect of an electro-assisted biochemical cycle reactor on bio-oxidation of gold ore

T Yang, M Dai, G Tang, Z Guo, Y Yang, H Jiao - Minerals Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The study investigated the leaching efficiency and microbial flora of an electro-assisted
biochemical cycle reactor were investigated for gold ore bio-oxidation. The results showed …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced chalcopyrite dissolution in stirred tank reactors by temperature increase during bioleaching

S Hedrich, C Joulian, T Graupner, A Schippers… - Hydrometallurgy, 2018 - Elsevier
Primary copper sulfides, such as chalcopyrite, represent the most important copper resource
and are currently mainly exploited by pyrometallurgy. Bioleaching is considered as …

Enhancing the Leaching of Chalcopyrite Using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans under the Induction of Surfactant Triton X-100

R Zhang, C Sun, J Kou, H Zhao, D Wei, Y **ng - Minerals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Chalcopyrite is the richest copper sulfide mineral in the world, but it is also the most resistant
to biohydrometallurgical processing. To promote the bioleaching of chalcopyrite, a nonionic …

Synergetic effect of pyrite on strengthening bornite bioleaching by Leptospirillum ferriphilum

X Wang, R Liao, H Zhao, M Hong, X Huang, H Peng… - Hydrometallurgy, 2018 - Elsevier
Bioleaching experiments and electrochemical measurements were conducted to investigate
the effect of pyrite on bornite bioleaching by Leptospirillum ferriphilum. Bioleaching …