Bio Engineering Plants to Mine Metals

Researchers use hyperaccumulator plants to extract metal from soil. But is it good enough to make a metal industry out of it? PAPER - Economic viability: https://doi.org/10.1021/es506031u PAPER - Proof of Concept Mining Farm in Malaysia: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2018.12.003 PAPER - Remove metals from soil with plants: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803158-2.00015-1 PAPER - Larger roots via genetic engineering: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-9351(02)00018-X PAPER - Bigger plants via genetic engineering: https://doi.org/10.1038/77355 PAPER - Bigger plants via cell hybridization: https://doi.org/10.1080/15226510208500077