TY - JOUR

T1 - The BIOMOre Project – A New Mining Concept for Extracting Metals from Deep Ore Deposits Using Biotechnology

AU - Fillipov, Lev

AU - Izart, Caroline

AU - Hejny, Horst

AU - Hirsch, Knut

AU - Johnson, Barrie

AU - Kahnt, Rene

AU - Marten, Horst

AU - Slabbert, Wickus

N1 - This work is funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement n°642456

PY - 2017/10

Y1 - 2017/10

N2 - BIOMOre is an EU funded project within the Horizon 2020 funding scheme that addresses the topic “Mining of small and complex deposits and alternative mining”. This three year project, started in February 2015, comprises 23 partners located in nine different countries with five universities being included. Germany, Poland, Austria, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Sweden, Spain and South Africa are involved.The EU is highly dependent on the import of mineral and metallic raw materials and therefore supports developments that strengthen European mining of these commodities. The aim of the BIOMOre project is to develop a novel base metal mining technology that has lower environmental and social impacts andoperates at a lower cost than conventional mining techniques.BIOMOre’s key concept is the coupled use of in situ leaching and bioleaching technologies applied to deep deposits. Kupferschiefer, a copper ore mined at three sites in Poland by the company KGHM, which is Europe’s largest producer of copper, has been selected to carry out a feasibility test of the technology.

AB - BIOMOre is an EU funded project within the Horizon 2020 funding scheme that addresses the topic “Mining of small and complex deposits and alternative mining”. This three year project, started in February 2015, comprises 23 partners located in nine different countries with five universities being included. Germany, Poland, Austria, United Kingdom, Finland, France, Sweden, Spain and South Africa are involved.The EU is highly dependent on the import of mineral and metallic raw materials and therefore supports developments that strengthen European mining of these commodities. The aim of the BIOMOre project is to develop a novel base metal mining technology that has lower environmental and social impacts andoperates at a lower cost than conventional mining techniques.BIOMOre’s key concept is the coupled use of in situ leaching and bioleaching technologies applied to deep deposits. Kupferschiefer, a copper ore mined at three sites in Poland by the company KGHM, which is Europe’s largest producer of copper, has been selected to carry out a feasibility test of the technology.

M3 - Article

VL - 153

SP - 436

EP - 445

JO - Mining Report

JF - Mining Report

IS - 5

ER -