Differential
bioleaching of copper by mesophilic and moderately thermophilic acidophilic consortium enriched from same copper mine water sample.
From these correlation studies, it appears that the pattern of
bioleaching involves the microbial oxidation of pyrite leading to the production of sulphur and sulphate, which decreased the pH and increased other parameters including turbidity, slime production, colour intensity, optical density, iron, conductivity and TDS.
Direct vs Indirect
bioleaching. Hydrometallurgy, 59: 177-185.
Remediation removed 83 percent Cu, 86 percent Cr, and 95 percent As, presumably as a result of the high surface area accessible for acid extraction and
bioleaching. Since metals are known to interfere with bonding of composites, greater metal removal in the flaked material may have accounted for better resin adhesion.
Bioleaching has the potential to be one of the most attractive of recent technologies: it has clear environmental advantages and is now becoming economically competitive.
Placer Dome proposes to use traditional technology combined with
bioleaching to extend the life of the mine another 30 years.
This "
bioleaching" could provide a cheap way to extract and process precious metals.
As easily extracted gold-oxide ores become depleted in the next few years, "
bioleaching" will become increasingly commonplace among gold-mining operations, Reid and others predict.
Effect of temperature on removal of heavy metals from contaminated river sediments via
bioleaching. Water Research, 37, 2449-2457.
niger during the
bioleaching process [12], and the removal of copper (II), manganese (II), zinc (II), nickel (II), iron (III), lead (II), and cadmium (II) by immobilized cells of A.