Hydrometallurgy of bulk concentrates of Spanish complex sulphides: Chemical and bacterial leaching

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-23

  Gomez C ^a   Limpo, J L ^b   De Luis, A ^b   Blazquez M L ^a   Gonzalez, F ^a   Ballester, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL METALLURGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; METAL RECOVERY; MICROORGANISMS; SOLUTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL LEACHING; MESOPHYLLIC ORGANISMS; SOLE TREATMENT; SPANISH COMPLEX SULPHIDES;

LEACHING;

EID: 0030643395     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0008-4433(96)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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