With growing environmental and ecological concerns, innovative energy storage systems
are urgently required to develop smart grids and electric vehicles (EVs). Since their …

Spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are increasingly generated due to their widespread use for
various energy-related applications. Spent LIBs contain several valuable metals including …

As the demand for batteries continues to surge in various industries, effective recycling of
used batteries has become crucial to mitigate environmental hazards and promote a …

The number of spent batteries is enormous, causing tremendous environmental pressure
and waste of resources. It is promising to recycle metal resources from spent batteries and …

Today, with the ever-increasing concerns about the widespread environmental impact of the
mining industry, the movement of the mineral processing sectors, which heavily rely on …

The increasing amount of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) induces severe environmental
pollution besides a waste of resources, therefore underscoring an ever-pressing need for …

The presented review is based on scientific microbiological articles and patents in the field
of biomining valuable metals. The main attention is paid to publications of the last two …

A circular economy requires effective re-use of finite resources, such as metals from waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Bioleaching for extraction and recovery of base …

BACKGROUND A bioleaching process could offer the advantage of higher metal recovery in
a sustainable manner even from lithium‐ion battery (LIB) samples with very low metal …

Jarosite waste is a by-product generated from iron removal process in the jarosite process,
which typically contains valuable metals including zinc, nickel, cobalt, silver, indium, and …