Advances in Bioleaching of Sulfide Minerals

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the fact that sulfide minerals contain very valuable and useful metals, the investigation and understanding of their mineralogical characteristics are crucial to the recovery of useful metals through mineral processing and extractive metallurgy.

Future studies on practical metal recovery techniques should effectively cut down on pollution production and create low-energy technologies.

Utilizing native microorganisms (such as those that oxidize sulfide, iron, and other metals) to leach useful metals from sulfide minerals is a process known as bioleaching. Compared to chemical leaching, it is a cost-efficient and eco-friendly leaching method.

A key element in increasing bioleaching efficiency is the understanding of the interaction between the mineralogical and chemical characteristics of recovered minerals and native (indigenous) microorganisms.

This Special Issue focuses on the study of the scientific, engineering, and financial aspects of the preparation, separation, and purification of ores, mineral products, and extraction of metals, using both physical and chemical techniques with a focus on mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. Contributions to plant operation and techniques are encouraged, especially those that combine scientific knowledge of a process with its engineering and financial ramifications to produce conclusions that are useful in real-world applications.

The journal also discusses the industrial relevance of laboratory-scale research as well as the development of novel processes in the lab. The processing of wastes and the recycling of materials using extractive metallurgical and mineral processing principles is also interesting.

A Special Issue will be devoted to collecting papers on recent “Advances in Bioleaching of Sulfide Minerals” describing the novel findings of such aspects, especially those pertaining to strategic metals, from both a fundamental scientific and an industrial point of view.

Dr. Arevik Vardanyan
Dr. Narine Vardanyan
Prof. Dr. Ruiyong Zhang
Guest Editors

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• Sulfide minerals
• Metal extraction
• Bioleaching
• Chemolithotrophs
• Recovery
• Biosorption