The detoxification and utilization of cyanide tailings: A critical review

K Dong, F Xie, W Wang, Y Chang, D Lu, X Gu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyanide tailings are industrial hazardous solid wastes arising from gold mining industry.
Hundreds of millions of tons of cyanide tailings that contain highly toxic cyanides and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biological treatment for the degradation of cyanide: A review

A Alvillo-Rivera, S Garrido-Hoyos, G Buitron… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Given that mining is considered to be an essential activity for Mexico's industrial
development, cyanide has been increasingly used to recover precious metals such as gold …

Adsorptive-photocatalytic performance and mechanism of Me (Mn, Fe)-N co-doped TiO2/SiO2 in cyanide wastewater

Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Huang, Y Jia, L Chen… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Me (Mn, Fe)-N co-doping is used to improve the treatment efficiency of
TiO 2/SiO 2 on cyanide wastewater, and to explore the reasons for the change in the …

Activity and mechanism of macroporous carbon/nano-TiO2 composite photocatalyst for treatment of cyanide wastewater

P Li, Y Zhang, Y Huang, L Chen - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic oxidation can effectively treat cyanide wastewater generated from cyanide
plating and gold cyanidation extraction process. In this study, monodisperse SiO 2 …

Remediation of cyanide-contaminated environments through microbes and plants: a review of current knowledge and future perspectives

R Kumar, S Saha, S Dhaka, MB Kurade… - Geosystem …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Mining industry has been using cyanide for more than ten decades to recover precious
metals such as gold and silver. The presence of cyanide in the environment has long been a …

Some aspects of industrial heap bioleaching technology: From basics to practice

J Li, H Yang, L Tong, W Sand - Mineral Processing and Extractive …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Heap bioleaching is a microbial technology that catalyzes the decomposition of ore without
grinding. The crushed ore is stacked on the liner, and the microbial solution flows through …

Evaluation of the rotational speed and carbon source on the biological removal of free cyanide present on gold mine wastewater, using a rotating biological contactor

MPG Guadalima, DAN Monteros - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Wastewater streams generated during the leaching process of precious metals recovery (eg
gold, silver) contain high concentrations of toxic compounds, being free cyanide (CN−) one …

Pollution characteristics and assessment of sulfide tailings from the Dabaoshan Mine, China

XH Shu, Q Zhang, GN Lu, XY Yi, Z Dang - International biodeterioration & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sulfide at mine tailing ponds poses a source of contamination to the surrounding
environment. This study was designed to investigate and assess the fresh and weathered …

Simultaneous Bioremediation of Cyanide, Phenol, and Ammoniacal-N from Synthetic Coke-Oven Wastewater Using Bacillus sp. NITD 19

A Rai, KK Gowrishetty, S Singh… - Journal of …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Coke-oven wastewater is generally characterized by having an array of pollutants such as
cyanide, phenol, and ammoniacal-N. The present study focuses on the simultaneous …