Separation of enargite and tennantite from non-arsenic copper sulfide minerals by selective oxidation or dissolution

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-119

  Fornasiero, D ^a   Fullston, D ^a   Li, C ^b   Ralston, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper sulfide minerals; Enargite; Oxidation; Selective flotation; Tennantite; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; OXIDATION; SELECTIVE WITHDRAWAL;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; OXIDATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER SULFIDE; ENARGITE; TENNANTITE;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0034745685     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-7516(00)00029-6     Document Type: Article

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