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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 88, Issue 12, Pages 2115-2132Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4164
Keywords
biohydrometallurgy; metal recovery; recycling; secondary metal resources
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- Research Projects Coordination Unit of the Suleyman Demirel University [BAP 3604-YL2-13, BAP 3605-YL2-13]
- The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
- Marie Curie Actions under FP7
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Research on biohydrometallurgy of secondary metal resources is primarily focused on the leaching of valuable metals. For secondary metal resources biological processing can be an economically more effective and environmentally friendlier alternative to traditional hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processes. Therefore, biohydrometallurgy is a rapidly evolving biotechnology that has already provided revolutionary solutions to old problems associated with recovery of metals by conventional pyrometallurgy and chemical metallurgy. This review evaluates various processes of recovery of metals from waste materials and commercial applications are discussed. Case studies and future technology directions are reviewed. (c) 2013 Society of Chemical Industry
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