Two-stage microbial leaching of a refractory gold-bearing pyrite ore

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 707-713

  Groudev, S N ^a   Spasova, I I ^a   Ivanov, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biooxidation; Biotechnology; Gold ores; Leaching

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; LEACHING; PYRITES;

BIOOXIDATION; CHEMOLITHOTROPIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL LEACHING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0030193983     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0892-6875(96)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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