E-waste specialist Bioscope Technologies has signed up Techbuyer, which refurbishes and resells servers and other data center equipment, as an early adopter of its novel bioleaching solution.

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 ...

A new research facility in Sudbury, Ont., is testing whether bacteria could help solve two major challenges in mining: How to ...

Novel Process for Bioleaching Pyrrhotite Tailings Using Natural Bacteria Holds Zero-Carbon Potential for Green Steel and EV Battery Metal Applications The Company's new R&D pursuits radically differ ...

High metal extractions with 99% Ni, 98% Co and 90.6% Cu confirmed in the second set of bioleaching lab-scale tests on massive sulphides from the Ferguson Lake copper – nickel – cobalt – palladium – ...

Octava Minerals has received promising early-stage results from CSIRO tests of a low-cost bioleaching process of ore samples from its Byro rare earths and lithium project in WA’s Gascoyne region. The ...

Metal extraction of 96.1 - 98.5% nickel and 96.1 - 97.7% cobalt from bioleaching tests. Bioleaching could offer much higher metal recoveries than flotation (29-51% nickel and 48-89% cobalt), ...

Microbial communities inhabiting acid mine drainage (AMD) and those driving bioleaching processes play a pivotal role in both natural biogeochemical cycling and engineered metal recovery systems.