Bioleaching capacity of an extremely thermophilic culture for chalcopyritic materials

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 689-694

  Rubio, A ^a   Garcia Frutos F J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioleaching and bacteria; Hydrometallurgy; Mineral processing; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS;

BIOLEACHING; THERMOPHILIC CULTURES;

PYRITES;

EID: 0036750901     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00124-3     Document Type: Article

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