Role of metal-cyanide species in leaching gold from a copper concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 877-892

  Rees, K L ^a   Van Deventer, J S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANIDES; DISSOCIATION; GOLD; IRON; LEACHING; NICKEL; SILVER; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

COPPER GOLD ORES; CYANIDATION; METAL CYANIDES;

ORES;

EID: 0033177641     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(99)00075-8     Document Type: Article

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