Leaching and CIL processes in gold recovery from refractory ore with thiourea solutions

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-565

  Gonen N ^a   Korpe E ^a   Yildirim, M E ^a   Selengil, U ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Gold ores; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; GOLD; LEACHING; RECOVERY; REFRACTORY METALS; SOLUTIONS; UREA;

GOLD ORES; SULFIDE ORES;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 34247096942     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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