Zinc and lead extraction from complex raw sulfides by sequential bioleaching and acidic brine leach

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-22

  Liao, M X ^a   Deng, T L ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioleaching; Biooxidation; Hydrometallurgy; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; COMPOSITION; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; LEACHING; LEAD; ORES; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFIDE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC;

BIOLEACHING; BIOOXIDATION; SULPHIDE ORES;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 0942268198     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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