Since the discovery of microbiological metal dissolution, numerous biohydrometallurgical
approaches have been developed to use microbially assisted aqueous extractive metallurgy …

This review has as its underlying premise the need to become proficient in delivering a suite
of element or metal products from polymetallic ores to avoid the predicted exhaustion of key …

High concentrations of chloride ions inhibit the growth of acidophilic microorganisms used in
biomining, a problem particularly relevant to Western Australian and Chilean biomining …

Currently the vast majority of the world's copper is obtained through sulfide mineral
processing. Primary copper sulfides are the most economically relevant due to their …

In this paper, a brief outline is presented on acidic ferric ion oxidation of mineral sulphides
for the extraction of metals in both stirred tank reactors for mineral concentrates and heaps …

A defined mixed moderately thermophilic consortium including three terrestrial
microorganisms (Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Acidithiobacillus caldus and Ferroplasma …

This study investigates the influence of salinity on the bioleaching efficiency of a copper‑
nickel‑cobalt bearing sulphidic tailing obtained from Golgohar iron ore desulphurization …

There are few naturally occurring environments where both acid and salinity stress exist
together, consequently, there has been little evolutionary pressure for microorganisms to …

Acidihalobacter is a genus of acidophilic, gram-negative bacteria known for its ability to
oxidize pyrite minerals in the presence of elevated chloride ions, a capability rare in other …

Acidic salt lakes are environments that harbor an array of biologically challenging
conditions. Through 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, and ITS amplicon sequencing of eight such lakes …