Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

Bacteria-based copper extraction test in Chile

COPIAPO, Chile - Taro Kamiya, chief researcher at Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp., known as JOGMEC, is pictured at an experiment facility at a mine on the outskirts of Copiapo, Chile, on Oct. 3, 2013. The Japanese government-backed body has begun to test a new copper extraction technology using sulfuric acid mixed with multiple species of bacteria at the mine.

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