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22nd International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium (Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, September 24–27, 2017)

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Green Processing and Synthesis
From the journal Green Processing and Synthesis Volume 6 Issue 2

Introduction

The biannual International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium is 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.

Geobiotechnology and biohydrometallurgy deal with the use of microbial processes in mining and environmental protection. Microorganisms play a major role in natural biogeochemical cycles. They are involved in the formation of metal, oil, coal or phosphate deposits. The interaction of microorganisms with resources in mining ecosystems are at the core of an efficient recovery of raw materials by biomining via bioleaching, bioextraction, or biomineralisation. These processes can also be employed for bioremediation or the recycling of raw materials.

Covering all aspects of biohydrometallurgy, IBS is the place to meet with biologists, engineers and chemists as well as mining experts to discuss the latest scientific and technological trends. Academics, students, researchers, practitioners as well as representatives of industry and institutions are invited to discuss their research, develop new concepts, exchange information about innovations and best practice cases.

Topics

  • Heap/dump bioleaching

  • Metal biosorption/bioaccumulation, bioremediation

  • Metal-cycling, recycling and extremophilic microorganisms

  • Molecular approaches (omics…) and biofilms

  • Other methods and fundamentals of bioleaching (reductive, in situ, electrochemical, …)

  • Tank/reactor bioleaching

Honorary lecture

  • P. Norris, University of Exeter/UK: Progress in biohydrometallurgy over the last thirty years?

Invited keynote lectures

  • M. Chen, CSIRO/AU: Characterization and localized insight into leaching of copper-bearing minerals

  • C. Demergasso, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta/CHL: From knowledge to best practices in bioleaching

  • Mark Dopson, Linnaeus University, Kalmar/S: Optimizing acidophile biofilm formation for metal sulfide dissolution: the SysMetEx project

  • A.-G. Guezennec, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), Orléans/F: Bioleaching in stirred tank reactor to process Kupferschiefer ore

  • Kaksonen, CSIRO, Floreat/AUS: Recent advances in biomining and microbial characterization

  • J. Lloyd, University of Manchester/ UK

  • J. Petersen, University of Cape Town/ZA: Unravelling the complexity of heap bioleaching

  • F. Roberto, Newmont Mining Corporation, Englewood, CO/USA

  • M. Ranjbar, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman/IRN: Bioelectrochemical leaching of copper sulfide minerals

  • J. Xia, Changsha University/CN: In-situ characterization and molecular mechanisms evaluation of interfacial interaction between minerals and typical bioleaching microorganisms

More information at http://dechema.de/en/IBS2017.html

Published Online: 2017-3-7
Published in Print: 2017-4-1

©2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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Articles in the same Issue

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  2. In this issue
  3. Original articles
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  5. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from deoiled brown algal extract via Box-Behnken based design and their antimicrobial and sensing properties
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  8. Shape control of silver selenide nanoparticles using green capping molecules
  9. Process intensification for continuous synthesis of performic acid using Corning advanced-flow reactors
  10. To date the greenest method for the preparation of α-hydroxyphosphonates from substituted benzaldehydes and dialkyl phosphites
  11. Factorial study to assess an ultrasonic methodology for the allylation of 4-chloroaniline
  12. Statistical analysis and optimization of recovering indium from jarosite residue with vacuum carbothermic reduction by response surface methodology (RSM)
  13. Optimization of recovering cerium from the waste polishing powder using response surface methodology
  14. Testing ecological suitability for the utilization of recycled aggregates
  15. An alternative green separation process for the pure isolation of commercially important bioactive molecules from plants
  16. Green methods for the determination of nitrite in water samples based on a novel diazo coupling reaction
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