Galvanox™ - A novel galvanically-assisted atmospheric leaching technology for copper concentrates

Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-336

  Dixon, D G ^a   Mayne, D D ^a   Baxter, K G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Bateman Engineering Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COPPER METALLURGY; COPPER SMELTING; LEACHING; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PYRITES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ACIDIC IRON SULFATE; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC LEACHING; COPPER CONCENTRATES; PATENTED TECHNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE LEVEL; ULTRA-FINE GRINDING; UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA;

COPPER;

EID: 49549115332     PISSN: 00084433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/cmq.2008.47.3.327     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. D.G. Dixon and F.A. Tshilombo, "Novel Leaching Process for Copper Concentrates" World Patent Application WO 2005/118894, US Patent Application US 2005/0269208, Chile Patent Application 1305-2005, Peru Patent Application 000614-2005/OIN, PCT Patent Application PCT/CA2005/000814.
2. G. Viramontes-Gamboa, B.F. Rivera-Vasquez and D.G. Dixon, "Experimental Predictions of the Potential Range to Leach Chalcopyrite in Acidic Ferric Sulfate Media", 2007, The John E. Dutrizac Symposium on Copper Hydrometallurgy, Proceedings of the 6th International Copper-Cobre Conference, vol. IV(I) (P.A. Riveras, D.G. Dixon, D.B. Dreisinger and M.J. Collins, eds.), CIM, Montreal, pp. 269-284.
3. R.P. Hackl, D.B. Dreisinger, E. Peters and J.A. King, "Passivation of Chalcopyrite during Oxidative Leaching in Sulfate Media", Hydrometallurgy, 1995, vol. 39, pp. 25-48.
4. A.F. Tshilombo, "Mechanism and Kinetics of Chalcopyrite Passivation and Depassivation during Ferric and Microbial Leaching Solutions", Ph.D. Thesis, 2004, University of British Columbia.