Leaching of sulfide copper ore in a NaCl-H2SO4-O2 media with acid pre-treatment

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 260-268

  Herreros, O ^a   Vinals J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorides; Copper; Leaching; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID PRETREATMENT; LEACHING SYSTEM; SULFIDE COPPER ORE;

COPPER ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 35448982435     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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