Microbes help deal with uranium in groundwater, spent nuclear fuel repositories
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Sweden’s Linnaeus University described a previously unknown chemical process for the removal of uranium from groundwater.
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Feeding copper to microbes may help curb GHG emissions
Mining News Pro - New research has shown that in the complex, dynamic aquatic environments some microbes call home, there might not always be enough copper available for denitrification, an important process that helps the earth fight climate change.
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What is the Genome of Mine Microbes
Mining News Pro - Some highly toxic chemicals, including sodium cyanide, are commonly used in mining for the extraction of ore in processes like heap leaching, and some very nasty metals and metalloids – arsenic, mercury, selenium and lead – are often the byproducts of processing ore.
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How microbes contribute to the formation of giant copper deposits
Mining News Pro - A paper published in the journal Geology predicts that scientists are close to proving that microbes have control over the precipitation of metals in near-surface environments.
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