Investigation of the possibility of copper recovery from the flotation tailings by acid leaching

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Antonijevic M M ^a   Dimitrijevic M D ^b   Stevanovic Z O ^b   Serbula, S M ^a   Bogdanovic, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Copper Institute Bor ^*  (Serbia)

Author keywords

Copper; Flotation tailings pond; Leaching; Sulphuric acid

Indexed keywords

COPPER MINES; EXTRACTION; FLOTATION; GARNETS; INORGANIC ACIDS; IRON; LAND RECLAMATION; LEACHING; MINERALS; RAW MATERIALS; RECOVERY; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFATE MINERALS;

(O-SEC.-BUTYLDITHIOCARBONATIO-S ,S') COPPER; ACID LEACHING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER RECOVERIES; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ELSEVIER (CO); FERRIC IONS; IRON MINERALS; IRON RECOVERY; LEACHING KINETICS; P H VALUES; PULP DENSITY; SECONDARY RAW MATERIALS; STIRRING SPEED (SS); SULPHURIC ACID (SA); SURROUNDING SOILS; TAILINGS PONDS;

COPPER;

ACID; COPPER; FERRIC ION; IRON; OXIDIZING AGENT; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; LEACHING; MINE; OXIDANT; TAILINGS;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; KINETICS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MINE TAILINGS; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ACIDS; COPPER; ECOSYSTEM; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRON; KINETICS; MINING; PARTICLE SIZE; SERBIA; SULFURIC ACIDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 48149084311     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.01.063     Document Type: Article

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