Study of Microbial Cultures for the Bioleaching of Scandium from Alumina Industry By-Products

Study of Microbial Cultures for the Bioleaching of Scandium from Alumina Industry By-Products

The disposal of voluminous, highly alkaline, bauxite residue (BR), the industrial by-product of alumina production by the Bayer process, constitutes an intricate global environmental problem. BR, containing valuable metals such as rare-earth elements (REEs)—in particular, scandium (Sc)—can be used a...

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Main Authors: Kyriaki Kiskira, Theopisti Lymperopoulou, Lamprini-Areti Tsakanika, Charalampos Pavlopoulos, Konstantina Papadopoulou, Klaus-Michael Ochsenkühn, Gerasimos Lyberatos, Maria Ochsenkühn-Petropoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Metals
Subjects:
bauxite residue
scandium
bioleaching
acetobacter
industrial by-product
rare earth elements
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/11/6/951

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