Copper hydrometallurgy - Current status, preliminary economics, future direction and positioning versus smelting

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 560-568

  Peacey, J ^a   Guo, Xian Jian ^a   Robles, E ^b  

^a HATCH LTD   (Canada)

^b Hatch Ingenierosy Consultores Ltd   (Chile)

Author keywords

Copper hydrometallurgy; Copper oxide ore; Copper sulfide ore; Heap leaching SX EW

Indexed keywords

COPPER ORE TREATMENT; COPPER OXIDES; COPPER REFINING; COPPER SMELTING; METAL RECOVERY;

CHALCOCITE ORES; CHALCOPYRITE ORES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; COPPER SULFIDE ORES; FUTURE DIRECTIONS; HEAP LEACHING;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 4544290166     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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