Agglomeration for heap leaching: Equipment design, agglomerate quality control, and impact on the heap leach process

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1115-1125

  Bouffard, Sylvie C ^a  

^a Barrick Technology Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Mining; Particle morphology; Particle size

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DEMONSTRATIONS; KETONES; LEACHING; MINERALS; MOISTURE CONTROL; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PACKED BEDS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEEL STRUCTURES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COLUMN TESTS; CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGNS; HEAP LEACHES; HEAP LEACHING; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; ORE TYPES; PARTICLE MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERIC BINDERS; RESIDENCE TIMES; RICE GRAINS; SCALE-UP; STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS; THROUGH THE WALLS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 54849423267     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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