The scattered rhenium in the environment around copper and molybdenum mines and copper processing factories is a potential source for rhenium production. Phytomining is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly method for extracting rhenium and remediating exhausted soils near copper mines and ore-dressing regions.

copper mining byproducts, phytomining, rhenium extraction
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Minerals and ores Metal refinement and extractive metallurgy Rhenium
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