Sulfuric acid leaching of Igarapé Bahia gold-copper ore for copper extraction - An ore pretreatment for gold recovery by cyanidation

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 165-168

  Mendes, F D ^a   Martins, A H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper; Extraction; Gold; Optimization; Sulfuric leaching

Indexed keywords

COPPER ORE TREATMENT; CYANIDES; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID;

CYANIDATION;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 0036704193     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403170     Document Type: Article

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