Bauxite mining waste pollution and its sustainable management through bioremediation

G Pradhan, B Tripathy, DK Ram, AK Digal… - Geomicrobiology …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The potential to subsidize the development of areas furnished with ores is essential for
producing supplies, services, and infrastructure that get a better social life quality. Bauxite …

Proposal for management and alkalinity transformation of bauxite residue in China

S Xue, X Kong, F Zhu, W Hartley, X Li, Y Li - Environmental Science and …, 2016 - Springer
Bauxite residue is a hazardous solid waste produced during the production of alumina. Its
high alkalinity is a potential threat to the environment which may disrupt the surrounding …

Biochar increases soil microbial biomass but has variable effects on microbial diversity: A meta-analysis

X Li, T Wang, SX Chang, X Jiang, Y Song - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar has been extensively studied as a soil amendment for carbon sequestration and for
improving soil quality; however, a systematic understanding of the responses of soil …

Microbially-driven strategies for bioremediation of bauxite residue

TC Santini, JL Kerr, LA Warren - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Globally, 3 Gt of bauxite residue is currently in storage, with an additional 120 Mt generated
every year. Bauxite residue is an alkaline, saline, sodic, massive, and fine grained material …

Bacterial community diversity of oil-contaminated soils assessed by high throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA genes

M Peng, X Zi, Q Wang - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Soil bacteria play a major role in ecological and biodegradable function processes in oil-
contaminated soils. Here, we assessed the bacterial diversity and changes therein in oil …

Sustained bauxite residue rehabilitation with gypsum and organic matter 16 years after initial treatment

AW Bray, DI Stewart, R Courtney, SP Rout… - Environmental …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bauxite residue is a high volume byproduct of alumina manufacture which is commonly
disposed of in purpose-built bauxite residue disposal areas (BRDAs). Natural waters …

Bioleaching of Major, Rare Earth, and Radioactive Elements from Red Mud by using Indigenous Chemoheterotrophic Bacterium Acetobacter sp.

Y Qu, H Li, X Wang, W Tian, B Shi, M Yao, Y Zhang - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
The aim was to study the bioleaching performance of chemoheterotrophic bacterium
involved in leaching of major, rare earth, and radioactive elements from red mud (RM), and …

Contrasted microbial community colonization of a bauxite residue deposit marked by a complex geochemical context

LA Macías-Pérez, C Levard, M Barakat… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bauxite residue is the alkaline byproduct generated during alumina extraction and is
commonly landfilled in open-air deposits. The growth in global alumina production have …

Advances in methods for recovery of ferrous, alumina, and silica nanoparticles from fly ash waste

VK Yadav, MH Fulekar - Ceramics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fly ash or coal fly ash causes major global pollution in the form of solid waste and is
classified as a “hazardous waste”, which is a by-product of thermal power plants produced …

The neutralization and recycling of red mud–a review

Y Qi - Journal of physics: conference series, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Red mud (bauxite residue) is a highly alkaline solid waste of alumina production. The
amount of red mud is huge while its alkalinity hinders the application in construction …