The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes

Antony van der Ent; Peter Erskine; Royd Vinya; Jolanta Mesjasz-Przybylowicz; François Malaisse

doi:10.4324/9780429467424

The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes

Antony van der Ent, Peter Erskine, Royd Vinya, Jolanta Mesjasz-Przybylowicz, François Malaisse

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The Copper-Cobalt Belt of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia is one of the most important metallogenic regions in the world. In addition, it hosts the world’s richest metallophyte flora. There are more than 600 metallophytes in the Copper-Cobalt Belt, including many species unique to the area. The phenomenon of abnormal copper-cobalt accumulation in certain plants has been observed since the 1950s in the Copper-Cobalt Belt, with more than thirty hyperaccumulator plants identified. Hyperaccumulator plants might be useful for important phytotechnologies. There is also a wide range of Excluder-type metallophytes in the Copper-Cobalt Belt, especially grasses and sedges, that might be suitable for phytostabilization of minerals wastes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Africa's Mineral Fortune
Subtitle of host publication	The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development
Editors	S.H. Ali, K. Sturman, N. Collins
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	208-227
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9780429884597
ISBN (Print)	9781138606920
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429467424
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2018
Externally published	Yes

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van der Ent, A., Erskine, P., Vinya, R., Mesjasz-Przybylowicz, J., & Malaisse, F. (2018). The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes. In S. H. Ali, K. Sturman, & N. Collins (Eds.), Africa's Mineral Fortune: The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development (pp. 208-227). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429467424

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The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes. / van der Ent, Antony; Erskine, Peter; Vinya, Royd et al.

Africa's Mineral Fortune: The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development. ed. / S.H. Ali; K. Sturman; N. Collins. Taylor and Francis, 2018. p. 208-227.

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van der Ent A, Erskine P, Vinya R, Mesjasz-Przybylowicz J, Malaisse F. The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes. In Ali SH, Sturman K, Collins N, editors, Africa's Mineral Fortune: The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development. Taylor and Francis. 2018. p. 208-227 https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429467424

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