The effect of preferential flow on extraction and surface morphology of copper sulphides during heap leaching

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 76-81

  Wu, Aixiang ^a   Yin, Shenghua ^a,c   Qin, Wenqing ^b   Liu, Jishan ^c   Qiu, Guanzhou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Copper sulphides; Extraction; Heap leaching; Preferential flow; Surface morphology

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOLEACHING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORE TREATMENT; SULFUR; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; ZINC;

COPPER SULPHIDES; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; HEAP LEACHING; JAROSITE; LEACHING PROCESSES; LEACHING SOLUTIONS; LOCATION DEPTHS; ORE EXTRACTIONS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SEM IMAGES;

ORES;

EID: 56949105023     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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