Bioleaching nickel laterite ores using multi-metal tolerant Aspergillus foetidus organism

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1259-1265

  Le, L ^a   Tang, J ^a   Ryan, D ^a   Valix, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Metal oxides

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; METABOLISM; NICKEL ORE TREATMENT; POSITIVE IONS; TOXICITY;

ASPERGILLUS FOETIDUS ORGANISMS; BIOLEACHING; METAL OXIDES; SINGLE METALS;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33748202089     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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