What does "biohydrometallurgy" mean?

A subfield of hydrometallurgy that includes aspects of biotechnology, used for example in microbial mining, oil recovery, bioleaching, and water treatment.

Biohydrometallurgy

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A subfield of hydrometallurgy that includes aspects of biotechnology, used for example in microbial mining, oil recovery, bioleaching, and water treatment. uncountable

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From bio- + hydrometallurgy.

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