Kennecott's million-ton test heap - The active leach program

Minerals and Metallurgical Processing

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Schlitt, W Joseph ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Copper recovery; Electrowinning; Heap leaching; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COPPER; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; NATURAL CONVECTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER RECOVERY; ELECTROWINNING; HEAP LEACHING;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 33344466846     PISSN: 07479182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403329     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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4. Ream, B.P., and Schlitt, W.J., 1997, "Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Heap Leach Program - Part 1: The test heap and SX-EW pilot plant," Proceedings, ALTA 1997 Copper Hydrometallurgy Forum, October 20-21, 1997, Brisbane, Australia, 30 pp., plus appendix.
5. Schlitt, W.J., et al., 1979, "Precipitating and drying cement copper at Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Facility," Mining Engineering, June, pp. 671-678.