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Bioleachers are sitting on a copper cache: why is uptake slow?

Bioleaching unlocks revenue from low-grade ores, but the cost-effective copper extraction process is struggling to get off ...
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Study: Bacterium enriches mine drainage copper to ore level

A bacterium contained in drainage from old mines can enrich copper to the level of copper ore, a research team said. The discovery could lead to a more efficient system of collecting copper from ...