A potential method for arsenic removal from copper concentrates

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-33

  Mihajlovic, Ivan ^a   Strbac, Nada ^a   Zivkovic, Zivan ^a   Kovacevic, Renata ^b   Stehernik, Mirjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Copper Institute Bor ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hypochlorite; Leaching; Roasting; Sulfide concentrates

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; COPPER; DESULFURIZATION; LEACHING; PYROMETALLURGY; REMOVAL;

ARSENIC REMOVAL; ENARGITE LEACHING; HYPOCHLORITE; ROASTING; SULFIDE CONCENTRATES;

ARSENIC;

EID: 33751400921     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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