Description: The 22nd International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (24 - 27 September, 2017, Freiberg, Germany) was the global forum for experts from academia and industry active in the fields of biomining, bioleaching and bioremediation. These technologies have a high potential to establish environmentally favourable processes for the recovery of primary and secondary precious and base metal resources as well as the remediation of exploited mining sites.

Biotechnologies in Mining Industry and Environmental Engineering

Edited by: M. Zaki Mubarok, Siti Khodijah Chaerun, Wahyudin Prawira Minwal, Fadhli Muhammad and Killang Pratama

Online since: November 2015

Description: Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium 2015 (IBS 2015), October 5-9, 2015, Bali, Indonesia.
The 161 papers are grouped as follows:
Chapter 1: Geomicrobiology, Biogeochemical Cycles, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chapter 2: Microbe-Mineral Interactions
Chapter 3: Technologies of Bioleaching in Hydrometallurgy
Chapter 4: Bioflotation, Biobeneficiation, Biosorption and Bioaccumulation
Chapter 5: Bioremediation and Bio Recovery of Metals from Wastes, Impact of Mining Technologies on the Environment