Simulation of a SX-EW pilot plant

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 13-31

  Aminian, Hossein ^a   Bazin, Claude ^a   Hodouin, Daniel ^a   Jacob, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Noranda Mines and Exploration   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER ORE TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ELECTROWINNING;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0033733066     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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