Zinc and silver recoveries from zinc-lead-iron complex sulphides by pressure oxidation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 375-389

  Bolorunduro, S A ^a   Dreisinger, D B ^a   Van Weert, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ORETOME Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Leaching; Oxidation; Reaction kinetics; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; GOLD; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LEACHING; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS; SILVER; ZINC;

PRESSURE OXIDATION;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 0037393560     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-6875(03)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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