Optimization of reactor volumes for gold cyanidation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 671-679

  De Andrade Lima, L R P ^a,b   Hodouin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Gold ores; Leaching; Modelling; Process optimisation; Process synthesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYANIDES; LEACHING; MINERAL RESOURCES; OPTIMIZATION; ORE ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SLURRIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CYANIDATION; GOLD ORES; MODELING; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS SYNTHESIS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 17844408425     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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