Bacterial leaching of low-grade ZnS concentrate using indigenous mesophilic and thermophilic strains

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-65

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

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Mesophilic bacteria; Sphalerite; Sulfobacillus thermosulfido oxidans; Thermophilic bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; LEACHING; PH EFFECTS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BIOLEACHING PROCESS; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIA;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 33845944719     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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