Past, present and future of biohydrometallurgy

By H. Ehrlich. 2001

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The history of sulfidic ore leaching and the relatively recent discovery of microbial involvement in the process and its commercial exploitation are summarized. A possible future developmental direction is indicated.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology

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Citations in the corpus

• Bioleaching review part B: (2003, background): “Biooxidation of sulfide ores for copper recovery has been practiced for centuries in Spain, Sweden, Germany, China and elsewhere by solution mining techniques (Ehrlich 1999).”
• Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation (2009, background): “ferrooxidans are able to oxidize different sulfide minerals including arsenopyrite [48], pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite and pentlandite [58] and the main procedures commercially used are heap leaching, dump leaching, in-situ leaching and reactor leaching [48].”