Thermophilic heap leaching of a chalcopyrite concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 777-785

  Petersen, J ^a   Dixon, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bio oxidation; Leaching; Modelling; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEACHING; ORES; OXIDATION; ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAP LEACHING;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 0036864093     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(02)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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