Acid bioleaching of solid waste materials from copper, steel and recycling industries

Elina Vestola; Mari K. Kuusenaho; Heli M. Närhi; Olli H. Tuovinen; Jaakko A. Puhakka; Jason J. Plumb; Anneli H. Kaksonen

doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.02.017

Acid bioleaching of solid waste materials from copper, steel and recycling industries

Elina Vestola^*
, Mari K. Kuusenaho
, Heli M. Närhi
, Olli H. Tuovinen
, Jaakko A. Puhakka
, Jason J. Plumb
, Anneli H. Kaksonen

^*Corresponding author for this work

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

VTT (former employee or external)
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Tampere University of Technology (TUT)
Ohio State University

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The aim of this work was to evaluate the feasibility of bioleaching for the solubilisation of metals from solid waste streams and by-products of copper, steel and recycling industries. The leaching experiments were carried out in shake flasks in mineral salts media inoculated with iron and sulphur oxidising acidophiles at 25 °C. The experiments tested the effects of the inoculum, pH, supplemental ferrous iron and sulphur, sodium chloride, and the type of waste material. Solubilisation of metals was mainly achieved through acid attack due to the formation of sulphuric acid by sulphur oxidising bacteria. Addition of ferrous iron and chloride ions did not enhance metal solubilisation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	74-79
Journal	Hydrometallurgy
Volume	103
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.02.017
Publication status	Published - 2010
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Keywords

Bioleaching
Acidophiles
Copper leaching
Smelter slag
Converter sludge
Electronic scrap
Metallic waste materials

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Acid bioleaching of solid waste materials from copper, steel and recycling industries

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