Biomining – Biotechnological systems for the extraction and recovery of metals from secondary sources

Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2018-09-26
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Kücüker, Mehmet Ali  
Kuchta, Kerstin  orcid-logo
Institut
Circular Resource Engineering and Management V-11  
TORE-URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11420/3098
Journal
Global nest  
Volume
20
Issue
4
Start Page
737
End Page
742
Citation
Global Nest Journal 4 (20): 737-742 (2018)
Publisher DOI
10.30955/GNJ.002692
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85067686986
Biomining is the common term used to define processes that utilize biological systems to facilitate the extraction of metals from ores. Nowadays, a biomining concept can be defined as a two stage combined biological systems (1st stage bioleaching and 2nd stage biosorption) in order to perform the extraction and recovery of the metals from secondary sources such as industrial and mining waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), bottom ash and end of life vehicles. Overwhelming demand and limited sources of metals have resulted in searching new sources so that attentions have been shifted from mining process towards recycling of secondary resources for the recovery of metals. There are several metallurgical processes for metal recovery from the secondary sources such as pyrometallurgical processing, hydrometallurgical and bio/hydrometal-lurgical processing. Biomining processes are estimated to be relatively low-cost, environmentally friendly and suitable for both large scale as well as small scale applications under the bio/hydrometallurgical processing. Thus, the process involves physical separation (pre-treatment) and biomining (bioleaching and biosorption) and hydrometallurgical processes for recovery of base metals, rare earth elements (REEs) and precious metals from e-waste was evaluated.
Subjects
Biosorption
bioleaching
bio/hydrometallurgy
critical metals
WEEE
secondary sources
DDC Class
500: Naturwissenschaften
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
More Funding Information
Support from BMBF (The Federal Ministry of Education and Research) through the project “Biotechnological Approach For Recovery Of Rare Earth Elements And Precious Metals From E-Waste – (BIOREEs)”, Project Number: 01DL14004.