Mining Magazine April 2015 | Page 37

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To maximize green initiatives in the mining industry , Biomining will become the standard . The process , which extracts valuable metals from ores and mine tailings with the assistance of microorganisms , is the most effective and green technology to mine metals . For copper , the process is already being utilized in a wide-range of mining initiatives , becoming one of the most important industrial application and a significant part of world copper production .

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