Current nature-based biological practices for rare earth elements extraction and recovery: Bioleaching and biosorption

RM Brown, A Mirkouei, D Reed, V Thompson - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for advancing products and renewable technologies worldwide
that rely on rare earth elements (REEs), including those directly necessary for a low-carbon …

A critical review of bioleaching of rare earth elements: The mechanisms and effect of process parameters

P Rasoulnia, R Barthen… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Rare earth elements (REEs) are important high-tech materials with widespread industrial
applications and a high risk of supply disruption. Current physico-chemical methods for REE …

Effective extraction of rare earth elements from ion-adsorption type rare earth ore by three bioleaching methods

H Zhou, J Wang, X Yu, J Kang, G Qiu, H Zhao… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential elements in many technology industries. The
commonly used ammonium salt method has caused a bad impact on environment …

Biotechnological avenues in mineral processing: Fundamentals, applications and advances in bioleaching and bio-beneficiation

S Mishra, S Panda, A Akcil… - Mineral Processing and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mineral biotechnological applications, eg, bioleaching and bio-beneficiation, for waste
treatment and resource recovery have invited due attention owing to their economic and eco …

Bioleaching: urban mining option to curb the menace of E-waste challenge

S Arya, S Kumar - Bioengineered, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Resource Recovery from Waste Electronics has emerged as one of the most
imperative processes due to its pressing challenges all over the world. The Printed Circuit …

Recycling rare earths: Perspectives and recent advances

Y Fujita, SK McCall, D Ginosar - Mrs Bulletin, 2022 - Springer
Rare-earth element (REE) demand is expected to increase by a factor of up to 7 by 2040.
Recycling avoids the significant hurdles associated with opening new mines, but collection …

A review on the bioleaching of toxic metal (loid) s from contaminated soil: Insight into the mechanism of action and the role of influencing factors

EK Sarkodie, L Jiang, K Li, J Yang, Z Guo… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The anthropogenic activities in agriculture, industrialization, mining, and metallurgy
combined with the natural weathering of rocks, have led to severe contamination of soils by …

The smallest space miners: principles of space biomining

R Santomartino, L Zea, CS Cockell - Extremophiles, 2022 - Springer
As we aim to expand human presence in space, we need to find viable approaches to
achieve independence from terrestrial resources. Space biomining of the Moon, Mars and …

Leaching of ion adsorption rare earths and the role of bioleaching in the process: A review

J Li, Y Xiao, X Feng, J Wang, Z Ma, R Yao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ion adsorption rare earths resource has gained significance as a crucial worldwide strategic
metal resource because of its high concentration of heavy rare earth elements. Mining …

Comparative chemical and non-contact bioleaching of ion-adsorption type rare earth ore using ammonium sulfate and metabolites of Aspergillus niger and Yarrowia …

L Shen, H Zhou, Q Shi, X Meng, Y Zhao, G Qiu… - Hydrometallurgy, 2023 - Elsevier
Ion-adsorption type rare earth ore mainly contains medium and heavy REEs, which are
regarded as strategic mineral resources. At present, leaching REEs with chemical reagents …