Among the environmental scars left behind by mining are heaps of waste known as tailings. They sit in exposed piles, are buried or are deposited in ponds and lakes. The danger comes from sulfide ...

How do you break down kilometers of rock to get the metals within? You go small. Bacteria-level small. If you've got a big rock with a little bit of metal in it, how do you get it out? Most of the ...

Salt and acid-tolerant bacteria with the potential to be used in mining processing have been uncovered in the Wheatbelt. The bugs were found during a "bio-prospecting" survey near Merredin and are ...

This episode of Energy Technology explores how advances in microbiology, growing demand for critical minerals and the search for lower-emission processing routes are bringing bioleaching back into ...

Joint research by BOKU Tulln and IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems shows great potential in the recovery of valuable materials from electronic waste. Up to 85% recovery of rare earths achieved ...

E-waste specialist Bioscope Technologies has signed up Techbuyer, which refurbishes and resells servers and other data center equipment, as an early adopter of its novel bioleaching solution.

$$2FeSO_{4} + \, 1/2O_{2} + \, H_{2} SO_{4} - bacteria \to Fe_{2} \left( {SO_{4} } \right)_{3} + \, H_{2} O$$ Accordingly, this study employed Response Surface ...

Bacterial-assisted leaching of uranium from the Haggan uranium deposit in central Sweden may be technically feasible, would-be developer Aura Energy has announced. Initial work has shown that the ...

As of 2021, there are over 1.4 billion vehicles globally, and by 2036 the numbers could be doubled. If all cars burn diesel or petrol, the world will suffer a terrible climate consequence. Electric ...