Use of coal-oil agglomerates for particulate gold recovery

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 803-812

  Calvez, J P S ^a   Kim, M J ^a   Wong, P L M ^a   Tran, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coal; Gold ores; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

BITUMINOUS COAL; COAL OIL MIXTURES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DIESEL FUELS; KEROSENE; METAL RECOVERY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PH EFFECTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

COAL-OIL AGGLOMERATES;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0032167243     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-6875(98)00067-3     Document Type: Article

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