Process flow-sheet for gold and antimony recovery from stibnite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-199

  Ubaldini, S ^a   Veglio F ^b   Fornari, P ^a   Abbruzzese, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY ALLOYS; ANTIMONY METALLURGY; CAUSTIC SODA; CYANIDES; GOLD METALLURGY;

CYANIDATION; SODIUM SULFIDE; STIBNITE;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0034287998     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-386X(00)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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