Bioleaching of metals from mine waste by acidophilic consortium

Opara, Chiamaka

Bioleaching of metals from mine waste by acidophilic consortium

Opara, C.

An acidophilic consortium leached over 70% of the total Zn, As, Co and Cd contents of a tailing and waste rock samples obtained from Neves Corvo mine, Portugal. Also, about 20 and 50 % of the total Cu and Mn contents of the sulfidic mine wastes were also leached by the consortium.

Keywords: bioleaching; tailing; waste rock; acidophilic consortium

Lecture (others) (Online presentation)
SULTAN Network Wide Event 5, 17.-19.02.2021, Clausthal, Germany

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