Copper electrowinning from gold plant waste streams

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-398

  Lemos, F A ^a   Sobral, L G S ^b   Dutra, A J B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Centre for Mineral Technology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Copper; Cyanide; Electrowinning; Gold

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CYANIDES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOAMS; GOLD MINES; LEACHING; NICKEL; RECYCLING; WASTES;

AVR PROCESS; CATIONIC MEMBRANES; ELECTROWINNING; NICKEL FOAM;

MINING ENGINEERING;

EID: 32844466347     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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