The present disclosure provides a method for wet removal of sulfur dioxide by silicate bacteria-enhanced pulp. The method includes: treatment of ore waste residue, activation and domestication of silicate bacteria, preparation of pulp, removal of sulfur dioxide, and resource utilization of a desulfurization product. The present disclosure combines flue gas desulfurization with resource utilization of the ore waste residue, and improves a desulfurization efficiency of the method by the pulp and a utilization rate of ore waste residue resources through silicate bacteria. The present disclosure has a high desulfurization efficiency, simple production process, and low cost, and realizes the recycling of resources such as the ore waste residue, the sulfur dioxide, and silicon. The present disclosure has obvious economic and environmental benefits and broad prospects for use.

A method of processing a pyrite-containing slurry is disclosed. The method includes removing pyrite from the pyrite-containing slurry and forming (i) an inert stream and (ii) a pyrite-containing material, with the pyrite-containing slurry including tailings from a tailings dam or an ore processing plant. The method also includes leaching a metal sulfide-containing material and the pyrite-containing material with a leach liquor and microbes. A method of leaching a metal sulfide-containing material is also disclosed. A flotation circuit for an ore processing plant for a metal sulfide-containing material is also disclosed.

Provided is a method for selecting arsenic-containing minerals.

A peptide comprising an amino acids sequence according to the following formula:

(T,S,N,Q)-(L,I,V,F,A)-(E,D)-(R,K,N,M,D,C,P,Q,S,E,T,G,W,H,Y)-(L,I,V,F,A)-(R,K,N,M,D,C,P,Q,S,E,T,G,W,H,Y)-(L,I,V,F,A)-(L,I,V,F,A)-(L,I,V,F,A)-(R,H,K)-(T,S,N,Q)-(T,S,N,Q)

wherein one amino acid is respectively selected from each group defined by paired parentheses.

The present invention relates to a process of releasing metallics, metalloids and/or non-metallics and/or degradating organics by bioleaching out of a carrier material, such as minerals, rocks, wastes, soil, and sediments. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a leached formulation, obtainable form said process, and to the use of said leached formulation as a biofertilizer or biostimulant or biopestizide.

The present invention relates to a process of releasing metallics, metalloids and/or non-metallics and/or degradating organics by bioleaching out of a carrier material, such as minerals, rocks, wastes, soil, and sediments. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a leached formulation, obtainable form said process, and to the use of said leached formulation as a biofertilizer or biostimulant or biopestizide.

This disclosure provides engineered microbes coding at least one rare earth element (REE) binding ligand for the preferential separation of REEs, as well as methods of use thereof.

This disclosure provides engineered microbes coding at least one rare earth element (REE) binding ligand for the preferential separation of REEs, as well as methods of use thereof.

A method of recovering active materials from a rechargeable battery comprises placing an active material of a rechargeable battery in a cathode chamber comprising a cathode of an electrochemical cell comprising the cathode chamber, an anode chamber comprising an anode, and a membrane separating the cathode chamber from the anode chamber, contacting the active material in the cathode chamber with an electrolyte comprising an acid, ferric ions, and ferrous ions, and dissolving at least one of lithium and cobalt from the active material into the electrolyte. Related apparatuses for recovering metals from active materials of rechargeable batteries are also disclosed.

Provided are methods, systems, and facilities for screening, purification, and recovery of specific heavy metals and/or rare earth elements (REEs) from input materials including low-grade mines, tailings, sludge, rare earth, silt, and specific elements of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) by means of efficient microbial and/or algae screening method. The system and method of algae and microbial screening addresses the main problem of inefficient screening speed in the method of algae and microbial screening for recovery of specific heavy metals and/or REEs, which is too slow and time-consuming by integrated acceleration of the cultivation and screening of microbial and algae species of up to 50 times faster than current efficiencies by the application of a recovery rate metric model.

A method of processing a pyrite-containing slurry including removing pyrite from the pyrite-containing slurry and forming (i) an inert stream and (ii) a pyrite-containing material. Using the pyrite-containing material in a downstream leach step in which pyrite in the pyrite-containing material generates acid and heat that facilitates leaching a metal, such as copper or nickel or zinc or cobalt, from a metal-containing material.