Cobalt and nickel recoveries from laterite tailings by organic and inorganic bio-acids

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 18-22

  Coto, Orquidea ^a   Galizia, Federico ^b   Hernández, Ianeya ^a   Marrero, Jeannette ^a   Donati, Edgardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans; Aspergillus niger; Cobalt and nickel leaching; Laterite tailings

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING; METALLURGY; METALS; MINERAL INDUSTRY; MINERALS; MINING; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; NICKEL METALLURGY; NICKEL ORE TREATMENT; NICKEL OXIDE; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PYROMETALLURGY; RAW MATERIALS; SERPENTINE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS; STAGES; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; TRANSITION METALS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COBALT AND NICKEL LEACHING; LATERITE TAILINGS;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 53449084231     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.05.017     Document Type: Article

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