Open AccessBioreduction in the development of new mineral technology
Author(s) -
Agnieszka Pawłowska,
Zygmunt Sadowski
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/641/1/012031
Subject(s) - laterite , bioleaching , dissolution , acid mine drainage , anaerobic bacteria , sulfur , nickel , mineral , chemistry , environmental science , copper , metallurgy , environmental chemistry , waste management , geology , bacteria , materials science , engineering , paleontology
Reductive dissolution is like “biomining in reverse gear”. Selected sulfur reducing bacteria (SRB) can be used under anaerobic conditions – as in bioleaching – for metal recovery from oxide minerals and laterite. General assumptions of the BioSulphide ® and Ferredox processes for nickel recovery from laterite ores and copper from acid mine drainage or waste water were presented.