Marmatite bioleaching with moderately thermoacidophilic bacterial strain and mineral analyses of solid residues

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1150-1155

  Shi, Shao Yuan ^a   Fang, Zhao Heng ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Marmatite; Mineral analyses; Moderately thermoacidophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; LEACHING; PH; TEMPERATURE;

BIOLEACHING; MARMATITE; MINERAL ANALYSES; MODERATELY THERMOACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; PARTICLE SIZE; PULP DENSITY; SOLID RESIDUES;

ZINC ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 29144460224     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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