On the optimization of heap leaching

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 673-678

  Padilla, Gonzalo A ^a   Cisternas, Luis A ^a,b   Cueto, Jessica Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Heap leaching; Optimization; Process design; Process operation

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; TAILINGS;

HEAP LEACHING; LEACHING TIME; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PROCESS OPERATION;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 44949172558     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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