Biological treatment of gold ore cyanidation wastewater in fixed bed reactors

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-294

  Dictor, M C ^a   Battaglia Brunet, F ^a   Morin, D ^a   Bories, A ^b   Clarens, M ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Fixed bed; Nitrification; Support; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANIDE; GOLD; SULFATE; THIOCYANATE; ZEOLITE;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CYANIDE; GOLD ORE; REACTOR; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; EFFLUENT; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030725851     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(97)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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