[HTML][HTML] Ultramafic geoecosystems as a natural source of Ni, Cr, and Co to the environment: A review

J Kierczak, A Pietranik, A Pędziwiatr - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultramafic soils are in equal parts fascinating and dangerous. Developed on rocks derived
predominately from the Earth's mantle and metamorphosed at the ocean floors, ultramafic …

Current status and challenges in developing nickel phytomining: an agronomic perspective

PN Nkrumah, AJM Baker, RL Chaney, PD Erskine… - Plant and Soil, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background Nickel (Ni) phytomining operations cultivate hyperaccumulator plants
('metal crops') on Ni-rich (ultramafic) soils, followed by harvesting and incineration of the …

[HTML][HTML] Provenance and sediment dispersal in the Po-Adriatic source-to-sink system unraveled by bulk-sediment geochemistry and its linkage to catchment geology

A Amorosi, I Sammartino, E Dinelli, B Campo… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Po-Adriatic region offers an excellent case for reconstructing sediment
provenance and transport pathways of a multi-sourced sediment-routing system. Through a …

The effect of plant density in nickel-phytomining field experiments with Alyssum murale in Albania

A Bani, G Echevarria, X Zhang, E Benizri… - Australian Journal of …, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Ultramafic vertisols cover large areas in Albania and offer opportunities for phytomining. We
undertook a field experiment with native Alyssum murale on two representative Vertisols at a …

Developing sustainable agromining systems in agricultural ultramafic soils for nickel recovery

PS Kidd, A Bani, E Benizri, C Gonnelli… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ultramafic soils are typically enriched in nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr), and cobalt (Co) and
deficient in essential nutrients, making them unattractive for traditional agriculture …

The long road to developing agromining/phytomining

RL Chaney, AJM Baker, JL Morel - Agromining: farming for metals …, 2021 - Springer
The concept of phytomining is a natural extension of botanical prospecting and the study of
metal biochemistry and biogeography of metal hyperaccumulator plants. Some elements …

Weathering and vegetation controls on nickel isotope fractionation in surface ultramafic environments (Albania)

N Estrade, C Cloquet, G Echevarria… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
The dissolved nickel (Ni) isotopic composition of rivers and oceans presents an apparent
paradox. Even though rivers represent a major source of Ni in the oceans, seawater is more …

Selection and combustion of Ni-hyperaccumulators for the phytomining process

X Zhang, V Houzelot, A Bani, JL Morel… - International Journal …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Ni recovery from serpentine soils by phytomining has proved feasible. Phytomining involves
the crop of hyperaccumulating plants with high Ni contents and the valorization of Ni by pyro …

Hyperaccumulator plant discoveries in the Balkans: Accumulation, distribution, and practical applications

K Jakovljević, A Bani, D Pavlova, M Konstantinou… - Botanica …, 2022 - doiserbia.nb.rs
Hyperaccumulator plants are able to tolerate extremely high concentrations of
metals/metalloids in the soil in which they grow and to accumulate high concentrations in …

Agronomy of 'metal crops' used in agromining

PN Nkrumah, RL Chaney, JL Morel - Agromining: farming for metals …, 2021 - Springer
Agromining involves growing selected hyperaccumulator plant species ('metal crops') on low-
grade ore bodies or mineralized (eg ultramafic) soils, or anthropogenic metal-rich materials …