Botanickel

  • French Firm Botanickel Grows Nickel-Harvesting Plants in the Balkans

    BY Lars Jensen
    Botanickel, a French bio-sourced nickel producer, has been cultivating fields of Alyssum murale, a hyperaccumulator plant, in the Balkans for several years. The plant is used to extract nickel from the soil by absorbing heavy metals through its roots and storing them in its aerial parts without harm, according to Guillaume Echevarria, a specialist in...
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