Agromining Farming for Metals Extracting Unconventional Resources Using Plants 2nd Edition by Antony Van Der Ent ISBN 3319618989 978-3319618982

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ISBN 10: 3319618989 

ISBN 13: 978-3319618982

Author:  Antony Van Der Ent

 This second and expanded edition of the first book on agromining (phytomining) presents a comprehensive overview of the metal farming & recovery of the agromining production chain. Agromining is an emerging technology that aims to transform the extraction of sources of target elements not accessible by traditional mining and processing techniques. Agromining, which is based on sustainable development, uses hyperaccumulator plants as ‘metal crops’ farmed on sub-economic soils or minerals wastes to obtain valuable target elements. This volume is edited and authored by the pioneers in the rapidly expanding field of agromining and presents the latest insights and developments in the field. This book provides in-depth information on the global distribution and ecology of hyperaccumulator plants, their biogeochemical pathways, the influence of rhizosphere microbes, the physiology and molecular biology of hyperaccumulation, as well as aspects of propagation and conservation of these unusual plants. It describes the agronomy of metal crops and opportunities for incorporating agromining into rehabilitation and mine closure, including test cases for agromining of nickel, cobalt, manganese, arsenic, selenium, cadmium, zinc, thallium, rare earth elements and platinum group elements. Since the first edition was published, there have successful nickel agromining field trials in the tropics (in Malaysia and Guatemala), and these are presented in a dedicated case study chapter. Other new chapters focus on the processing of bio-ore for elements other than nickel, such as rare earth elements and cadmium, and on agromining from industrial wastes such as tailings, and industrial by-products and sites. Furthermore, the book features two new chapters that provide a comprehensive assessment of accumulation a very wide range elements from the Periodic Table in various plant species around the globe, and a chapter on practical methods for discovery of hyperaccumulator plant species in the field and in the herbarium. This book is of interest to environmental professionals in the minerals industry, government regulators, and academics.

Table of contents: 

1. The Long Road to Developing Agromining/Phytomining

2. Agronomy of ‘Metal Crops’ Used in Agromining

3. Processing of Hyperaccumulator Plants to Nickel Products

4. Processing of Plants to Products: Gold, REEs and Other Elements

5. Life Cycle Assessment and Ecosystem Services of Agromining

6. Exceptional Uptake and Accumulation of Chemical Elements in Plants: Extending the Hyperaccumulation Paradigm

7. Global Distribution and Ecology of Hyperaccumulator Plants

8. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Trace Element Hyperaccumulation

9. Tools for the Discovery of Hyperaccumulator Plant Species in the Field and in the Herbarium

10. Methods for Visualizing Elemental Distribution in Hyperaccumulator Plants

11. Genesis and Behaviour of Ultramafic Soils and Consequences for Nickel Biogeochemistry

12. Diversity and Role of Endophytic and Rhizosphere Microbes Associated with Hyperaccumulator Plants During Metal Accumulation

13. The Integration of Hyperaccumulator Plants into Mine Rehabilitation in the Asia Pacific Region

14. Agromining from Secondary Resources: Recovery of Nickel and Other Valuable Elements from Waste Materials

15. Phytoextraction of Cadmium: Feasibility in Field Applications and Potential Use of Harvested Biomass

16. Element Case Studies in the Temperate/Mediterranean Regions of Europe: Nickel

17. Element Case Studies: Nickel (Tropical Regions)

18. Element Case Studies: Cobalt

19. Element Case Studies: Selenium

20. Agromining of Thallium and Noble Metals

21. Element Case Studies: Manganese

22. Element Case Studies: Arsenic

23. Element Case Studies: Cadmium and Zinc

24. Element Case Studies: Rare Earth Elements

25. Conclusions and Outlook for Agromining

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