World No.2 mining company, Brazil’s Vale, is working on a bacterial leach process for copper ores which it reckons could dramatically increase metal recovery from reprocessed copper tailings. · 6 Sep ...

A lecture about Microbial ore leaching, the process in which microorganisms are used to extract metals from ores. The video was produced by the Department of Microbiology, University of Helsinky, for ...

Endolith has reported a major advance in copper extraction as it pushes the frontiers of microbial science. In collaboration with BHP’s (ASX:BHP,NYSE:BHP,LSE:BHP) innovation arm, Think & Act ...

Titan Resources, the Australian-based nickel producer, has recently confirmed the economics of its BioHeap process, following a pre-feasibihty cost analysis of the exploration of two small low-grade ...

Bacterial-assisted leaching of uranium from the Haggan uranium deposit in central Sweden may be technically feasible, would-be developer Aura Energy has announced. Initial work has shown that the ...

When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...