Cyanide recovery by tailings washing and pond stripping

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 501-508

  Adams, Mike ^a   Lloyd, Vincent ^b  

^a Mutis Liber Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Lloyd Engineers APCC Aust Asia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Gold ores; Recycling; Tailings disposal

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WASTES; COST REDUCTION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; OPERATING COSTS; RECYCLING; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; WATER TREATMENT;

CYANIDATION; DICHOTOMY; GOLD ORES; POND STRIPPING;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 42749084316     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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