A Cornell-led team will use a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop a “microbe-mineral atlas,” a catalog of microorganisms and how they interact with minerals, key for mining critica...

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October 1, 2025 5 min read Meet the Microbes That Munch Mountains of Mining Waste Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals By Vanessa Bates Ramirez edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Escondida Mine, located in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The copper-bearing waste is poured into the impoundment area as a liquid (green region at image center) and dries to the lighter tan and gray color. Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space…

Job #AJO30906, WDR-00055535 Postdoctoral Associate Sustainable Energy and Synthetic Biology, BEE/CALS, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US

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The Barstow lab at Cornell University is looking for a new postdoc for 2026 and beyond to help us with the next phase of our Microbe-Mineral Atlas project. We plan on going from basic scientific disco...

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has launched the third and final phase of its integrated biomining project at the Bhalswa landfill, aiming to process and remove 40 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste by December 2026. The landfill, one of Delhi's largest waste sites, has accumulated massive amounts of unmanaged garbage over the decades. With the final phase now underway, the MCD is taking a major step forward in reclaiming the land and mitigating health risks to nearby communities, an official told.

We’re using microbes, earth’s oldest miners, to increase recovery rates in copper and lithium while minimizing environmental impact, making mining more sustainable and effective.

Biomining uses engineered microbes to harvest critical minerals

The 16th edition of the European Geothermal PhD Days (EGPD) will take place at University of Szeged, Szeged on April 2025. This year, the event is organised by PhD candidates from the faculty geology ...