Recent Advances in Hydro- and Biohydrometallurgy

This Special Issue of Minerals presents recent, select studies that highlight advances in the fields of hydro- and biohydrometallurgy. It aims to attract the interest of readers and especially of young scientists and students in this fascinating scientific discipline. 

The topics addressed include the following:

• Stirred reactor and heap leaching of laterites (limonitic and saprolitic), as well as iron control during atmospheric acid leaching;

• Leaching of a typical porphyry copper sulfide deposit from Antofagasta, Chile, using chloride-ferrous solutions;

• Leaching of chalcopyrite ores with various leaching media;

• Leaching of white metal from a Teniente converter in NaCl-H2SO4 media; 

• Study of the galvanic effect of pyrite and arsenopyrite during the leaching of gold ores;

• Leaching of marine nodules in the presence of reducing agents to extract Mn;

• Bioleaching of gold ores in the presence of iodide-oxidizing bacteria;

• A two-step sequential leaching process, involving bioleaching and chemical leaching, to treat apatite ores containing P and U impurities;

• Bioreductive dissolution of iron minerals present in monazite in stirred reactors using Acidithiobacillus (A.) species;

• Heap leaching of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWI BA) for the recovery of Zn and Cu.