Current approaches for the process mineralogy of platinum-group element ores and tailings

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 9-17

  Cabri, L J ^a   Rudashevsky, N S ^b   Rudashevsky, V N ^c  

^a CABRI CONSULTING INC   (Canada)

^b Center for New Technologies   (Russian Federation)

^c Mineral Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; COPPER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LASER ABLATION; LITHOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ORES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ORE TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFIDE MINERALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

CHARACTERISATION; DETECTION LEVELS; GRAIN SIZES; HYDROSEPARATION; LASER ABLATION MICROPROBE; NUMBER OF SPECIES; ONE WAYS; OPTICAL-; PARTIAL REPLACEMENTS; PROCESS MINERALOGIES; PROCESS PRODUCTS; SULFIDE ORES; THIN SECTIONS;

MINERALS;

EID: 58049143316     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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