Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP140100804

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP140100804

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bioleaching of copper in tropical systems. This project is focussed on bioleaching of chalcopyrite, to recover copper from currently sub-economic low-grade ore. Conventional mining processes are too energy intensive to economically extract copper from low-grade ores. However, these waste ores are still subject to natural, bacterial leaching causing environmental harm. Enhancing this natural process by removing key limitations in bacterial colonisation of metal sulfides aims to enhance bioleaching of low-grade ores creating a win-win scenario, reducing environmental harm while extracting value from these currently uneconomic materials.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 16-06-2015

End Date: 20-12-2020

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $300,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Inorganic Geochemistry | Hydrometallurgy | Microbiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities | Mining and Extraction of Copper Ores |

Other Keywords

Hydrometallurgy | Inorganic Geochemistry | Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities | Microbial Ecology | Microbiology | Mining and Extraction of Copper Ores

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