Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives of Bioleaching for Recovering Heavy Metals from Mine Tailings

The accumulation of mine tailings on Earth is a serious environmental challenge. The importance for the recovery of heavy metals, together with the economic benefits of precious and base metals, is a strong incentive to develop sustainable methods to recover metals from tailings. Currently, research...

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Main Authors: Xiufang Gao, Li Jiang, Yilin Mao, Bin Yao, Peihua Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Adsorption Science & Technology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9941979