Advances in hydrometallurgical approaches for gold recovery from E-waste: A comprehensive review and perspectives

MH Do, GT Nguyen, UD Thach, Y Lee, TH Bui - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing electronic waste (e-waste) generation is cause for great concern in the
environment, for which our current society has developed various management policies …

Potential and current practices of recycling waste printed circuit boards: A review of the recent progress in pyrometallurgy

F Faraji, R Golmohammadzadeh, CA Pickles - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of e-waste including waste printed circuit
boards (WPCBs) has been produced and is accumulating worldwide. More recently, the rate …

A systematic review of gold extraction: Fundamentals, advancements, and challenges toward alternative lixiviants

Z Liu, X Guo, Q Tian, L Zhang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Since the birth of cyanidation, it has been dominant in the gold extraction industry. Recently,
with the increasing awareness of environmental hazards and potential risks posed by the …

Bioleaching of metals from e-waste using microorganisms: a review

AI Adetunji, PJ Oberholster, M Erasmus - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid and improper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) has become an issue of great
concern, resulting in serious threats to the environment and public health. In addition, e …

Microbial recovery of critical metals from secondary sources

M Gavrilescu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The continuous development of technologies involving critical metals, both in Europe and
over the world, and geopolitical challenges in areas rich in critical metal sources, imposed …

Improvement of gold bioleaching extraction from waste telecommunication printed circuit boards using biogenic thiosulfate by Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

F Pourhossein, SM Mousavi - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyanide usage in gold processing techniques has become increasingly challenging due to
its toxicity and environmental impact. It is possible to develop environmentally friendly …

A novel rapid and selective microbially thiosulfate bioleaching of precious metals from discarded telecommunication printed circuited boards (TPCBs)

F Pourhossein, SM Mousavi - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study for the first time, microbe-produced thiosulfate is considered as a new lixiviant in
bioleaching of precious metals from discarded TPCBs. The effects of significant parameters …

A novel green strategy for biorecovery of valuable elements along with enrichment of rare earth elements from activated spent automotive catalysts using fungal …

N Bahaloo-Horeh, SM Mousavi - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Metals recovery from spent automotive catalytic converters (SACCs) has gained great
attention due to high metal content of SACCs and their potential to pollute the environment …

Discarded e-waste/printed circuit boards: a review of their recent methods of disassembly, sorting and environmental implications

EA Oke, H Potgieter - Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2024 - Springer
The improper disposal of discarded electronic and electrical equipment raises
environmental and health concerns, spanning air pollution to water and soil contamination …

Making untreated carbon effective in cleaner thiosulfate system: A new and high-efficiency method including gold adsorption and desorption

Y Jiang, Y Chen, F Zi, X Hu, S Chen, P He… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared with the cyanide method, the thiosulfate method is a green and clean gold
production method, while gold recovery from thiosulfate solution is pending. Although the …