Comparison of different gold recovery methods with regard to pollution control and efficiency

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-61

  Hylander, Lars D ^a   Plath, David ^b   Miranda, Conrado R ^c   Lücke, Sofie ^a   Öhlander, Jenny ^a   Rivera, Ana T F ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Cleangold   (United States)

^c Mines and Geosciences Bureau   (Philippines)

^d National Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Amalgamation; Cyanide; Gravity separation; Mercury; Small sclae gold mining

Indexed keywords

CYANIDES; GOLD MINES; LEACHING; MERCURY AMALGAMS; SEPARATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

CYANIDE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GOLD MINE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; RECOVERY;

ASIA; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34147213318     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200600024     Document Type: Article

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