Titan Resources, the Australian-based nickel producer, has recently confirmed the economics of its BioHeap process, following a pre-feasibihty cost analysis of the exploration of two small low-grade ...

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Western Areas has executed a Heads of Agreement to acquire the BioHeap sulphide leaching technology from Pacific Ore. The agreement provides Western Areas with an option period of up to six months to ...

Naturally occurring ‘bugs’ such as bacteria and archaea may hold the key to a technology that can turn low grade deposits into economic projects – the search continues for the right bug for specific ...

Imagine an army of tiny bugs in tiny hard hats chipping away at a pile of Alberta shale. Okay, so the part about the hard hats is a bit far-fetched. But the bugs, or bacteria at least, could be very ...