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Biomining
Edited by Rawlings, Douglas E.; Johnson, D. Barrie
Springer
2007
Hardcover 314 pp ISBN 9783540349099
£130.00
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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 extent
that many of the largest industrial stirred tanks and heaps throughout the world are employed for bioprocessing
minerals.
This book has a strong applied approach and describes emerging and established industrial processes, as well
as the underlying theory of the process, and the biology of the microorganisms involved. Chapters have
been written by personnel from leading biomining companies, consultants and internationally recognized
researchers and academics.
Of interest to university and other academic institution libraries, scientists (mineral processing divisions
of mining companies)
Contents
1 The BIOXTM Process for the Treatment of Refractory Gold Concentrates, Pieter C. Van Aswegen, Jan Van Niekerk, Waldemar Olivier
2 Bioleaching of a Cobalt-Containing Pyrite in Stirred Reactors:
a Case Study from Laboratory Scale to Industrial Application, Dominique Henri Roger Morin, Patrick D'hugues
3 Commercial Applications of Thermophile Bioleaching, Chris A. Du Plessis, John D. Batty, David W. Dew
4 A Review of the Development and Current Status of Copper Bioleaching
Operations in Chile: 25 Years of Successful Commercial Implementation, Esteban M. Domic
5 The GeoBiotics GEOCOAT€ Technology - Progress and Challenges, Todd J. Harvey, Murray Bath.
6 Whole-Ore Heap Biooxidation of Sulfidic Gold-Bearing Ores, Thomas C. Logan, Thom Seal, James A. Brierley
7 Heap Leaching of Black Schist, Jaakko A. Puhakka, Anna H. Kaksonen, Marja Riekkola-Vanhanen
8 Modeling and Optimization of Heap Bioleach Processes, Jochen Petersen, David G. Dixon
9 Relevance of Cell Physiology and Genetic Adaptability of Biomining
Microorganisms to Industrial Processes, Douglas E. Rawlings
10 Acidophile Diversity in Mineral Sulfide Oxidation, Paul R. Norris.
11 The Microbiology of Moderately Thermophilic and Transiently
Thermophilic Ore Heaps, Jason J. Plumb, Rebecca B. Hawkes, Peter D. Franzmann
12 Techniques for Detecting and Identifying Acidophilic
Mineral-Oxidizing Microorganisms, D. Barrie Johnson, Kevin B. Hallberg
13 Bacterial Strategies for Obtaining Chemical Energy by Degrading
Sulfide Minerals, Helmut Tributsch, José Rojas-Chapana
14 Genetic and Bioinformatic Insights into Iron and Sulfur Oxidation
Mechanisms of Bioleaching Organisms, David S. Holmes, Violaine Bonnefoy
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