Bioleaching of Ok Tedi copper concentrate in oxygen- and carbon dioxide-enriched air

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-48

  Witne, J Y ^a   Phillips, C V ^b  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE; COPPER COMPOUNDS; IONS; IRON; OXYGEN; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BIOLEACHING; GAS ENRICHMENT; PULP DENSITIES;

LEACHING;

EID: 0035153985     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(00)00158-8     Document Type: Article

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