Biological Leaching of Low Grade Nickel Laterite Ores

利用真菌从红土矿石中溶解大量镍和钴的能力，将使加工红土镍矿和其他氧化物矿物的技术发生重大变化。 利用微生物及其代谢产物有望成为高效、节能、易于控制和环境安全的方法。本研究提出的机理研究将为红土矿的生物浸出带来基础性的创新和技术进步。这些技术可确保镍生产的可持续性，并为采矿业提供独特的生态改革。

Harnessing the capability of fungi to dissolve large quantities of nickel and cobalt from laterite ores will create a step change in the technology for processing nickel laterites and other oxide minerals. Using microorganisms and their metabolic products promises to be effective, energy saving, easily controlled and environmentally safe. The mechanistic investigation proposed in this study will generate fundamental innovations and technological advancement in bio-leaching of laterite ores. Such technologies can secure the sustainability of nickel production and provide unique ecological reform to the mineral extraction industry.