Bioleaching of low-grade sphalerite using a column reactor

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 75-82

  Mousavi, S M ^a,b   Jafari, A ^b   Yaghmaei, S ^a   Vossoughi, M ^a   Roostaazad, R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus; Bioleaching; Column reactor; Sulfide ore; Sulfobacillus; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS; BIOLEACHING; COLUMN REACTOR; SULFIDE ORE; SULFOBACILLUS;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

EID: 33745279102     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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