Biomining Technologies: Extracting and Recovering Metals from Ores and Wastes

318 Pages·2022·8.672 MB·English

by  David Barrie Johnson, Christopher George Bryan, Michael Schlömann, Francisco Figueroa Roberto

David Barrie Johnson
Christopher George Bryan
Michael Schlömann
Francisco Figueroa Roberto   Editors
Biomining
Technologies
Extracting and Recovering Metals
from Ores and Wastes
Biomining Technologies
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David Barrie Johnson
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Christopher George Bryan Michael Schlömann
Francisco Figueroa Roberto
Editors
Biomining Technologies
Extracting and Recovering Metals from Ores
and Wastes
Editors
DavidBarrieJohnson ChristopherGeorgeBryan
SchoolofNaturalSciences BRGM
BangorUniversity Orléans,France
Bangor,UK
MichaelSchlömann FranciscoFigueroaRoberto
InstituteofBiosciences TechnicalServicesProcessingandMetallurgy
TechnischeUniversitätBergakademie NewmontUSALimited
Freiberg Denver,CO,USA
Freiberg,Germany
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This book is dedicated to the memory of
Professor Douglas E. Rawlings, the pioneer
of molecular studies of biomining
microorganisms and who also played a key
role in deciphering their roles in mineral
processing operations. Doug Rawlings was
also the editor/co-editor of previous texts in
this field.
Contents
1 EvolutionandCurrentStatusofMineralBioprocessing
Technologies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
DavidBarrieJohnsonandFranciscoFigueroaRoberto
2 Design,Construction,andModellingofBioheaps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
DavidGrantDixonandHectorMarkLizama
3 EngineeringDesignsandChallengesofStirredTankSystems. . . . . 41
DavidWilliamDew,GaryVernonRorke,
andAnne-GwénaëlleGuezennec
4 BioprocessingofRefractoryGoldOres:TheBIOX,
MesoTHERM,andASTERProcesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
JanAlbertvanNiekerk,CraigBradleyvanBuuren,
andJohanWaldemarOlivier
5 BiominingMicroorganisms:DiversityandModusOperandi. . . . .. 89
MarkDopsonandNaokoOkibe
6 BiomolecularandCultivationTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
RaquelQuatrini,ElizabethLindsayJaneWatkin,
andDavidBarrieJohnson
7 MicrobialEcologyofBioheaps,StirredTanks,andMine
Wastes. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. 133
ChristopherGeorgeBryanandSusanThereseLargierHarrison
8 BiomininginChina:HistoryandCurrentStatus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
GuanzhouQiu,XueduanLiu,andRuiyongZhang
9 CopperBioleachingOperationsinChile:Towards
NewChallengesandDevelopments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
MarioVeraVéliz,AlvaroVidelaLeiva,
andPatricioMartínezBellange
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10 HeapBioleachingofanEnargite-DominantOreBody:
MineraYanacocha,Perú. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
FranciscoFigueroaRobertoandHamerArévaloLara
11 BiooxidationofGoldOresinRussiaandKazakhstan. . . . . . . . . . . 191
AleksandrVasilyevichBelyiandOlgaVladimirovnaTupikina
12 BiomininginFinland:CommercialApplicationofHeap
andTankBioleachingTechnologiesforNickelRecovery. . . . . . .. 209
MariekieGericke,JohnWilliamNeale,andPasiMäättä
13 MineralBioleachinginBrackishandSalineEnvironments. . . . . . . 229
MiaoChenandMichaelSchlömann
14 MetalRecoveryfromE-wastes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
AgatheHubauandChristopherGeorgeBryan
15 ReductiveMineralBioprocessing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
AnaLauraSantosandAxelSchippers
16 BiologicalRemovalandRecoveryofMetalsfromWaste
StreamsandProcessWaters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
SabrinaHedrichandPäiviHanna-MaaritKinnunen
17 TheFutureofBiomining:TowardsSustainability
inaMetal-DemandingWorld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
AnnaHenriikkaKaksonenandJochenPetersen
Editors and Contributors
About the Editors
BarrieJohnson isaresearchprofessorattheUniversitiesofBangorandCoventry
(UK)andaResearchAssociateoftheNaturalHistoryMuseum(London)with>30
years’ experience with using specialised microorganisms to extract and recover
metals. He is an elected member of the Learned Society of Wales, is an Industrial
Research Fellow of the Royal Society, has held honorary professorships at Exeter
UniversityandCentralSouthUniversity(China),hasbeenawardedresearchfellow-
ships by the US Department of Energy and Bureau of Mines, and has, on two
occasions, acted on behalf of the International Atomic Energy Agency (in Peru).
Hehasworkedwithmanyoftheleadingglobalminingcompanies(RioTinto,BHP
Billiton,Newmont,Vale,etc.)andcollaborateswithmanyresearchgroupsthrough-
out the world on fundamental and applied aspects of biohydrometallurgy. He has
published over 380 articles in journals, books, and conferenceproceedings and has
workedonover70funded(researchcouncil,EU,andindustry)researchprojects.His
researchwashighlightedbyScientificAmericanasoneof“10worldchangingideas”
in their December 2011 edition. He co-edited (with Professor Doug Rawlings) the
secondeditionofBiomining,whichwaspublishedbySpringer-Verlagin2007.
ChrisBryan isheadoftheGeomicrobiologyandEnvironmentalMonitoringunitat
BRGM—the French Geological Survey, leading a team of microbiologists and
geochemists providing expertise and technological assistance for environmental
protection and monitoring. This includes the remediation and restoration of mine
wastes and post-mining environments and the development of ecotechnologies for
thesustainableexploitationofprimaryandsecondaryrawmaterials.Priortojoining
BRGM, he was Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Mining at the Camborne School of
Mines (University of Exeter, UK). He is an environmental and molecular microbi-
ologist, with >20 years’ experience in the microbiology of biohydrometallurgical
systems(bothtankandheapleaching)andacidogenicminewastes.
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Michael Schlomann is full professor for environmental microbiology at
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg. Based on a background in the
degradationoforganiccontaminants,molecularecology,andwhitebiotechnology,
afterhavingbeenappointedinFreibergheturnedmoreandmoretomining-related
microbiology. Several projects with regional companies and other partners dealt
withmicrobialtreatmentofacidminedrainage.Morerecently,projectsfocusedon
leachingoforesandincludedpartnersmainlyinChile,butalsoSwedenandSouth
Africa.HeistheinitiatorandspeakeroftheBiohydrometallurgicalCentreFreiberg.
He has published ca. 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals or extended conference
contributions. He has served on the editorial board of Applied Microbiology and
BiotechnologyaswellasofBioresourceTechnologyandhaspublishedthetextbook
UmweltmikrobiologiewithProf.Reineke.Formorethan15years,hehasservedon
the selection committee of the German Environmental Foundation (DBU) for
doctoralfellowships.
Frank Roberto is a director of processing at Newmont Corporation. He joined
Newmontin2012andheldseniorandchiefmetallurgistpositionsintheNewmont
MetallurgicalServicescorporatelaboratorybeforemovingtohiscurrentroleinthe
Technical Services process development team. He is the corporate subject matter
expert (SME) for biohydrometallurgy. He is responsible for identifying and devel-
opingtransformationaltechnologiesforprocessing,tailings,andwatertreatmentand
R&D advisor to the corporate energy and decarbonisation team. Prior to joining
Newmont, he directed and executed biotechnology R&D programmes at the US
Dept. of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory for 23 years, in areas ranging from
bioleaching to biodefense. He was elected to the US National Academy of Engi-
neering in 2020, is a co-inventor for 14 US patents, and has published over 75
technical articles, including a chapter with Barrie Johnson in the first edition of
Biominingpublishedin1997.
Contributors
PatricioMartínezBellange Santiago,Chile
AleksandrVasilyevichBelyi JSC“PolyusKrasnoyarsk”,Krasnoyarsk,Russia
ChristopherGeorgeBryan BRGM,Orléans,France
Craig Bradley van Buuren Gold Technology Group, Metso Outotec, Centurion,
Gauteng,SouthAfrica
MiaoChen CSIROMineralResources,ClaytonSouth,VIC,Australia
DavidWilliamDew UniversityofExeter,Cornwall,UK
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David Grant Dixon Department of Materials Engineering, University of British
Columbia,Vancouver,BC,Canada
Mark Dopson Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems
(EEMiS),LinnaeusUniversity,Kalmar,Sweden
MariekieGericke BiometallurgyDivision,Mintek,Randburg,SouthAfrica
Anne-GwénaëlleGuezennec BRGM,Orléans,France
SusanThereseLargier Harrison DepartmentofChemical Engineering&DVC:
Research and Internationalisation, Centre for Bioprocess Engineering Research
(CeBER),UniversityofCapeTown,CapeTown,SouthAfrica
Sabrina Hedrich TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Biosciences, Freiberg,
Germany
AgatheHubau BRGM,Orléans,France
David Barrie Johnson School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor,
UK
FacultyofHealthandLifeSciences,CoventryUniversity,Coventry,UK
NaturalHistoryMuseum,London,UK
Anna Henriikka Kaksonen Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation(CSIRO),LandandWater,Floreat,WesternAustralia,Australia
Päivi Hanna-Maarit Kinnunen VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd,
Tampere,Finland
HamerArévaloLara MineraPeñasquito,CarreteraMazapil,Zacatecas,Mexico
Alvaro Videla Leiva Departamento de Ingeniería de Minería, Pontificia
UniversidadCatólicadeChile,Santiago,Chile
XueduanLiu CentralSouthUniversity,Changsha,People’sRepublicofChina
Hector Mark Lizama Technical Services Trail, Teck Metals Ltd., Trail, BC,
Canada
PasiMäättä ElementisMineralsB.V.SuomenSivuliike,PL,Kajaani,Finland
JohnWilliamNeale BiometallurgyDivision,Mintek,Randburg,SouthAfrica
Jan Albert van Niekerk Gold Technology Group, Metso Outotec, Centurion,
Gauteng,SouthAfrica
Naoko Okibe Faculty of Engineering, Department of Earth Resources Engineer-
ing,KyushuUniversity,Fukuoka,Japan
Johan Waldemar Olivier Gold Technology Group, Metso Outotec, Centurion,
Gauteng,SouthAfrica