See how NC State Scientists are using plants to clean up mining waste while also extracting rare, valuable metals.

In this project, their goal is to develop a chemically and microbiologically catalyzed phytomining (CMPM) technology that will make nickel (Ni) more available for uptake and translocation. They will ...

Malaysia’s Kinabalu Park, which surrounds Mount Kinabalu, the 20th-largest peak in the world, is home to a nickel mine like none other. In lieu of heavy machinery, plumes of sulfur dioxide, or rivers ...

“Phytomining”–using plants to extract precious metals from the ground–is becoming a reality. And it might be a valuable way to clean up contaminated soil around old mines. Mining the world’s minerals ...

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Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to change that. They're using plants to extract valuable metals from contaminated soil and water, a process known as phytomining. "At the ...