There is a growing demand for advancing products and renewable technologies worldwide
that rely on rare earth elements (REEs), including those directly necessary for a low-carbon …

Electrokinetic remediation (EKR) technology is a promising method to remove heavy metals
from low permeability soil, because it is environmentally friendly, efficient and economical …

The rapidly growing demand for lithium has resulted in a sharp increase in its price. This is
due to the ubiquitous use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale energy and …

This article has reviewed the progress that has been made in bioleaching research of metals
using filamentous fungi. This review has focused on fungal bioleaching from various metal …

Remediation of heavy metals, other than microbial bioleaching method, is expensive and
unsuitable for large contaminated areas. The current study was aimed to isolate, identify …

Gold mining is the most important anthropogenic source of heavy metal emissions into the
environment. Researchers have been aware of the environmental impacts of gold mining …

Developed economies such as the USA and European Union (EU) have classified antimony
as a critical raw material. China leads the global antimony production (67% on an average …

Mineral biotechnological applications, eg, bioleaching and bio-beneficiation, for waste
treatment and resource recovery have invited due attention owing to their economic and eco …

The anthropogenic activities in agriculture, industrialization, mining, and metallurgy
combined with the natural weathering of rocks, have led to severe contamination of soils by …

Copper and zinc are toxic heavy metals in soils that require development of feasible
strategies for remediation of contaminated soils around the mine areas. In this study, the …