Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP200301570

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP200301570

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Funded Activity Summary

Accelerated tailings remediation with plant and microbial biotechnologies. The Australian alumina industry produces 32 million tonnes of bauxite residue (alumina refining tailings) each year, most of which is stored in perpetuity in landfill-type tailings storage facilities. The high pH, high salinity, lack of plant nutrients, and poor physical properties of bauxite residue are major barriers to safe storage and successful closure of tailings storage facilities. Existing remediation approaches are expensive, slow, and often ineffective. We will deliver new microbial- and plant-driven biotechnologies for rapid, cost-effective remediation of bauxite residue. This will enable safe, sustainable closure of storage facilities, and safeguard the strong contribution of this $15 billion industry to Australia's economy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 02-05-2022

End Date: 01-05-2024

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $279,618.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Environmental Biotechnology | Bioremediation | Soil Sciences not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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

Other Keywords

Bioremediation | Environmental Biotechnology | Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities | Microbial Ecology | Mining Soils | Rehabilitation of Degraded Mining Environments | Soil Sciences not elsewhere classified

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