Modeling the cyanide heap leaching of cupriferous gold ores. Part 1: Introduction and interpretation of laboratory column leaching data

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-175

  Coderre, François ^a   Dixon, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SALTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COLUMN LEACHING TESTS;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0032643350     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(99)00016-X     Document Type: Article

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