Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347205

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0347205

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

BIOPROSPECTING FOR NOVEL EXTRACTANTS TO SEPARATE NICKEL AND COBALT. Cobalt (Co) is a common 'guest' element in nickel (Ni) ore. Separating these metals is crucial to the production of high purity of Ni and Co, valuable metals for the Australian economy. Currently, processing of Ni-ore relies on energy-intensive dissolution followed by separation of Co from Ni using expensive synthetic chelators. A few rare Ni- and Co-accumulating plants however, have evolved biochemical mechanisms to distinguish between Ni and Co. We propose the first determination of the mechanisms of Ni/Co discrimination in these unusual plants, effectively biosprospecting for novel commercial extractants to separate Ni and Co.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-04-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $133,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Conservation And Biodiversity | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy | Membrane And Separation Technologies | Mineral Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Concentrating processes of other base metal ores | First stage treatment of ores and minerals | Living resources (flora and fauna) |

Other Keywords

Concentrating processes of other base metal ores | Conservation And Biodiversity | First stage treatment of ores and minerals | Living resources (flora and fauna) | Membrane And Separation Technologies | Mineral Processing | Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

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