Incidents of cyanide spillage in Ghana

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 112, Issue 2 AUGUST, 2003, Pages 126-130

  Amegbey, N A ^a   Adimado, A A ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Detoxification; Environmental impact; Gold mining

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOTATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; LEACHING; ORE TAILINGS; SOLUTIONS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALAKLINE CHLORINATION;

CYANIDES;

EID: 0346778588     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037195503225002808     Document Type: Conference Paper

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