Biomining

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rawlings, Douglas E. (Editor), Johnson, D. Barrie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Geochemistry.; Geobiology.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Metals.; Life Sciences.; Metallic Materials.; Microbial Ecology.; Biogeosciences.

Biomining is the biotechnology that uses microorganisms to recover metals, in particular copper and gold, from ores and concentrates. Having developed from a very simple operational (in terms of both engineering and biology) process, biomining has developed into a multifaceted technology, to the ext...