Indonesia (Sulawesi and Halmahera Islands) has some of the largest surface exposures of
ultramafic bedrock in the world, and these are the sites of productive lateritic nickel mining …

Agromining is the chain of processes of phytoextraction of economically valuable elements
by selected hyperaccumulator plants, and subsequent processing of biomass to produce …

Sabah (Malaysia) has one of the largest surface expressions of ultramafic rocks on Earth
and in parallel hosts one of the most species-rich floras. Despite the extensive knowledge of …

Tropical forests are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world, completed by huge
biodiversity. An expansion in natural resource extraction through open-pit mining activities …

A herbarium collection of plants from Obi Island (North Moluccas) was analyzed for nickel
and other elements in order to identify new hyperaccumulators (> 1000 μg/g dry weight) …

Experiments were carried out in Italy on the potential use of the hyperaccumulator Alyssum
bertolonii in phytomining of ultramafic soils for Ni. In situ experimental plots at Murlo …

Pot trials and tests in outside plots were carried out on the South African Ni
hyperaccumulator plant Berkheya coddii in order to establish its potential for …

Nickel hyperaccumulator plants have been the focus of considerable research because of
their unique ecophysiological characteristics that can be exploited in phytomining …

Abstract Hyperaccumulator plants (“metal crops”) can be used for selective extraction of Ni
from low-grade resources, thereby producing a high-grade “bio-ore”. This so-called …

Nickel is an important metal in human life and in the industry. In recent years, the world
nickel demand has been driven by soaring steel production, particularly in China. With the …