A study of iron mineral transformation to reduce red mud tailings

Waste Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 525-534

  Li, L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bauxite; Environment; Iron minerals; Tailings

Indexed keywords

BAUXITE DEPOSITS; IRON COMPOUNDS; SLURRIES; TAILINGS;

RED MUD;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM SILICATE; FERRIC HYDROXIDE; FERRIC OXIDE; IRON; MINERAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SODIUM ION;

IRON; MINE WATER; MUD; REDOX CONDITIONS;

IRON; MINE WASTE; MUD; SEPARATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; SOLID;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; IRON; MINING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0035000524     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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