Bioflotation of Sarcheshmeh copper ore using Thiobacillus Ferrooxidans bacteria

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-374

  Hosseini, T R ^a   Kolahdoozan, M ^a   Tabatabaei, Y S M ^b   Oliazadeh, M ^a   Noaparast, M ^a   Eslami, A ^c   Manafi, Z ^c   Alfantazi, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RandD Div Sarcheshmeh Copper C   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Froth flotation; Non ferrous metallic ores

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; FROTH FLOTATION; LEACHING; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; PYRITES; SULFUR; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

BIOFLOTATION; BIOLEACHING; CHALCOPYRITES; NON-FERROUS METALLIC ORES;

COPPER ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 13444293248     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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