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MINING PLANTS [1 record]

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Record 1 2007-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining of Organic Materials
  • Biotechnology
  • Plant Biology
  • Anti-pollution Measures
DEF

Use of plants to extract inorganic substances of economic value (precious metals, etc.).

CONT

Advantages [of phytoremediation:] the possibility of the recovery and re-use of valuable metals (by companies specializing in "phytomining") ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
  • Biotechnologie
  • Biologie végétale
  • Mesures antipollution
CONT

Le plus souvent les plantes sont récoltées et incinérées; il est également possible de récupérer les métaux accumulés par ces plantes (on parle alors de phytominage).

CONT

[...] les plantes dites hyperaccumulatrices, qui stockent le polluant dans leurs tiges et leurs feuilles peuvent être récoltées puis incinérées en vue de récupérer les métaux parmi les cendres et les réutiliser en métallurgie.

Spanish

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