Biomining goes underground

D. Barrie Johnson

doi:10.1038/ngeo2384

Biomining goes underground

D. Barrie Johnson

Bangor University

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Abstract

Ore bodies buried deep in Earth's crust could meet increasing global demands for metals, but mining them would be costly and could damage the environment. Reinventing an ancient technology for bioleaching metals could provide a solution.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	165-166
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Geoscience
Volume	8
Issue number	3
Early online date	27 Feb 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2384
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2015
Externally published	Yes

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Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)

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