The contribution of dioxin-like compounds from platinum mining and processing samples

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-193

  Jordaan, I ^a   Pieters, R ^a   Quinn, L P ^a   Giesy, J P ^b,c   Jones, P D ^b   Murphy, M B ^b,c   Bouwman, H ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b National Food Safety and Toxicology Center   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental; Pollution; Precious metal ores; Solvent extraction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

DUMPSITE; PLATINUM MINING; PRECIOUS METAL ORES;

PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33846374347     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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