Leaching residue of nickeliferous laterites as a source of iron concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Stamboliadis, E ^a   Alevizos, G ^a   Zafiratos, J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Iron ore; Leaching; Magnetic separation; Ore mineralogy; Tailings

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COSTS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IRON ALLOYS; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON METALLURGY; KAOLIN; LEACHING; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ; SLAGS; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TAILINGS;

ELECTROWINNING; LATERITES;

IRON ORES;

EID: 0742320671     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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