Agromining: Farming for Metals in the Future?

作者：van der Ent, Antony^*; Baker, Alan J M; Reeves, Roger D; Chaney, Rufus L; Anderson, Christopher W N; Meech, John A; Erskine, Peter D; Simonnot, Marie Odile; Vaughan, James; Morel, Jean Louis; Echevarria, Guillaume; Fogliani, Bruno; Qiu Rongliang; Mulligan, David R

来源：Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49(8): 4773-4780.

DOI：10.1021/es506031u

Phytomining technology employs hyperaccumulator plants to take up metal in harvestable plant biomass. Harvesting, drying and incineration of the biomass generates a high-grade bio-ore. We propose that "agromining" (a variant of phytomining) could provide local communities with an alternative type of agriculture on degraded lands; farming not for food crops, but for metals such as nickel (Ni). However, two decades after its inception and numerous successful experiments, commercial phytomining has not yet become a reality. To build the case for the minerals industry, a large-scale demonstration is needed to identify operational risks and provide "real-life" evidence for profitability.

• 出版日期2015-4-21
• 单位中山大学