E-waste recycling and resource recovery: A review on technologies, barriers and enablers with a focus on oceania

J Van Yken, NJ Boxall, KY Cheng, AN Nikoloski… - Metals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Electronic e-waste (e-waste) is a growing problem worldwide. In 2019, total global
production reached 53.6 million tons, and is estimated to increase to 74.7 million tons by …

Prospective directions for biohydrometallurgy

AH Kaksonen, X Deng, T Bohu, L Zea, HN Khaleque… - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
Biohydrometallurgy has been commercially applied for the extraction of base metals from
low-grade sulfidic ores and the pre-treatment of refractory sulfidic gold-containing minerals …

Metals extraction from sulfide ores with microorganisms: the bioleaching technology and recent developments

W Sajjad, G Zheng, G Din, X Ma, M Rafiq… - Transactions of the Indian …, 2019 - Springer
Nowadays, due to fast global industrial progress and near diminution of high-grade ore
reserves, there has been massive call to cost-effectively process the resources of low-grade …

Recent advancements in metallurgical processing of marine minerals

K Ochromowicz, K Aasly, PB Kowalczuk - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polymetallic manganese nodules (PMN), cobalt-rich manganese crusts (CRC) and seafloor
massive sulfides (SMS) have been identified as important resources of economically …

Novel oily sludge treatment process: Based on biological leaching

S Li, G Chen, D Yu, Y Qiu, E Guo, Y Yu - Journal of Water Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
The performance of bioleaching technology was studied for the demulsification, oil content
reduction and efficient removal of heavy metals from oily sludge. A method was established …

The role of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the ocean polymetallic nodules reductive bioleaching: Electrochemical insights into interface processes

J Kang, Z Liu, Z Jiang, Y Wang, X Wang - Chemical Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of A. ferrooxidans on polymetallic nodules reductive dissolution in the imitated
bioleaching medium was investigated. Firstly, the features related to metal extraction and …

Dissolution of Cu and Zn-bearing ore by indigenous iron-oxidizing bacterial consortia supplemented with dried bamboo sawdust and variations in bacterial structural …

W Sajjad, G Zheng, X Ma, W Xu, B Ali, M Rafiq… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Disposing of low-grade ores involves numerous environmental issues. Bioleaching with
acidophilic bacteria is the preferred solution to process these ores for metals recovery. In this …

Pilot plant study on manganese bioleaching using biomass decomposition products as a nutrient source and electrolysis for oxide precipitation

PK Borkar, N Sharma, S Techtmann, T Eisele - Hydrometallurgy, 2025 - Elsevier
Manganese leaching was carried out on a small pilot scale with 110 kg of ore using
manganese-reducing organisms and fermentative organisms with biomass (Typha latifolia) …

Selective enhancement of Mn bioleaching from ferromanganese ores in presence of electron shuttles using dissimilatory Mn reducing consortia

V Aishvarya, S Barman, N Pradhan, MK Ghosh - Hydrometallurgy, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study describes anoxic Mn bioleaching of low grade ferromanganese ores
using a dissimilatory Mn reducing consortia (MRC). Effect of external addition of electron …

Anoxic Manganese Bioleaching–Investigation of Scale-up Parameters in a Stirred Bioreactor

T Das, V Aishvarya, N Pradhan… - Geomicrobiology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Presently huge operation costs arising from aeration and high electron donor requirements
accompanied by low metal recovery rates are some impediments to the large-scale …