Cyanide recovery by ion exchange from gold ore waste effluents containing copper

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 767-774

  Bachiller, D ^a   Torre, M ^a   Rendueles, M ^a   Diaz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Gold ores; Ion exchange

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTROLYSIS; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; ION EXCHANGE; MINERALOGY; PH EFFECTS; POLYSTYRENES; RESINS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIONIC RESINS; CARBON IN LEACH (CIL); CARBON IN PULP (CIP); DECANTATION; GOLD ORES;

CYANIDES;

EID: 2442708124     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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