Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP190100975

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP190100975

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Breaking critical barriers in soil formation of bauxite residues . Conventional methods of bauxite residue rehabilitation require expensive and unsustainable covering topsoil. Building on recent breakthroughs in eco-engineering tailings into soil, the project aims to develop a field-based technology using marine microbes and halophytic plants to accelerate in-situ soil formation from bauxite residues (incl seawater neutralised bauxite residues) under field conditions. The technology will be underpinned by understanding the roles of marine microbe consortia and eco-engineering inputs in accelerating key mineralogical, geochemical, physical and biological changes in bauxite residues. This technology is expected to be transferable and adaptable across other alumina refineries in Australia.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 17-12-2020

End Date: 16-12-2024

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $777,172.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering | Microbial Ecology | Inorganic Geochemistry | Environmental Technologies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities | Rehabilitation of Degraded Mining Environments |

Other Keywords

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Technologies | Inorganic Geochemistry | Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities | Microbial Ecology | Rehabilitation of Degraded Mining Environments

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