Heap leaching kinetics are proportional to the irrigation rate divided by heap height

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-630

  Lizama, H M ^a   Harlamovs, J R ^a   McKay, D J ^a   Dai, Z ^a  

^a Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Heap leaching

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; IRRIGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; ZINC SULFIDE;

BIOLEACHING; HEAP LEACHING; IRRIGATION RATES; SPHALERITE;

LEACHING;

EXTRACTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDATION; REACTION KINETICS; ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 15744369584     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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