Techbuyer has been supplying printed circuit boards (PCBs) to Bioscope’s bio-refinery in Cambridge, UK, to enable the recovery of precious and base metals using the bioleaching processes.

Academics combine bioleaching with electro-chemical methods that can fish out these metals and make them useful for supply chains.

Bioleaching is the product of a much more regulated and environmentally-aware mining industry which for decades left behind destruction and mountains of dangerous waste.

Tested under simulated field conditions, Endolith’s bioleaching process outperformed conventional heap-leaching methods, unlocking potential in mineralized waste once considered too low-grade to ...

Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans combined with oxalic acid pretreatment significantly improves praseodymium, cerium, and europium extraction from mine tailings.

Two former Next Generation Data (NGD) executives have joined e-waste business Network 2 Supplies (n2s) and its bioleaching subsidiary Bioscope Technologies. NGD co-founder Simon Taylor has been ...

EV batteries can now be recycled by mining the metals' components. A process called bioleaching - its main component is bacteria.

BioHeap is a commercial nickel extration process developed by Titan Resources. It uses a unique bioleaching process. Bioloeaching and BioHeap are both explained as are results from trials to date, as ...

Bioleaching technology that uses bacteria to extract copper from low-grade mineral is ready after years of development for use in Chile, potentially boosting production at world No. 1 copper miner ...

E-waste specialist Bioscope Technologies has signed up Techbuyer, which refurbishes and resells servers and other data center equipment, as an early adopter of its novel bioleaching solution.

Tested under simulated field conditions, Endolith’s bioleaching process outperformed conventional heap-leaching methods, unlocking potential in mineralized waste once considered too low-grade to ...