Systematic modelling of heap leach processes for optimisation and design

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 757-771

  Petersen, Jochen ^a   Dixon, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROMETALLURGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; RATE CONSTANTS; SHRINKAGE; SOLUTIONS;

REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS;

LEACHING;

EID: 0036432695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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