Extraction of copper from chalcopyrite concentrates without sulfuric acid generation via chlorination. Part 1: Gaseous chlorination of sulfide concentrates

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-263

  Tamagawa, T ^a   Tabaian, S H ^b,c   Fu, N X ^b   Kobayashi, M ^a   Iwasaki, I ^d,e,f  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b NEW ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^d SME ^*

^e MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Chlorination; Copper; Fluidized bed; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008046738     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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