Process for treating refractory gold ores by roasting under oxidizing conditions

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Fernandez R R ^a,b   Sohn, H Y ^c   LeVier, K M ^d  

^a Newmont Gold   (United States)

^b Greenstone Resources Ltd   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Newmont Metallurgical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid bed reactors; Gold processing; Oxidation; Refractory gold ores; Roasting; Rotating tube furnace

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844510866     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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