Importance of roasted sulphide concentrates characterization in the hydrometallurgical extraction of zinc

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-110

  Balarini, Julio Cézar ^a   Polli, Ludmila de Oliveira ^a   Miranda, Tânia Lúcia Santos ^a   Castro, Roberto Machado Zica de ^a   Salum, Adriane ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Industrial minerals; Ore mineralogy; Particle morphology; Roasting; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXTRACTION; HYDROMETALLURGY; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL MINERALS; ORE MINERALOGY; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; SULPHIDE ORES;

ZINC;

EID: 36549020664     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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