The environmental impacts of mining and mineral processing, particularly in developing countries, have been increasingly significant. Mining activities, especially in open-pit mines and the extraction of copper from sulfide ores, generate pollution and acid leakage that harm ecos...
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Research Article10.9734/ajocs/2025/v15i1350
Bacterial strains with higher bioleaching capacity (BC) are relevant for the mining industry, being more eco-friendly methods, for instance more than cyanide based extraction. Microbiological samples were collected from selected sites in Agbaja Mines, which after a growth enrich...
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Research Article10.9734/ajb2t/2021/v7i130094
Metals can be leached either directly (physical contact between microorganisms and solid material) or indirectly. The removal of metals from these industrial wastes brings out detoxification of the residues and thus improves the quality of the environment. The waste foundry sand...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2018/42524
Achaea constitute a considerable fraction of the prokaryotes which colonize marine and terrestrial ecosystem especially in the extreme environments. These microorganisms play crucial roles and contribute significant impacts on global energy cycles. In fact, the extremophilic char...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMB/2017/35591