Selecting suitable methods for treating mining effluents

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 267-276

  Kuyucak, N ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CYANIDES; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HEAVY METALS; HYDRODESULFURIZATION; METALLURGY; MINES; MINING; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; REDUCTION; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TAILINGS DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

ACID MINE DRAINAGES; BIOLOGICAL METHODS; BIOLOGICAL SULFATE REDUCTIONS; CASE STUDIES; CHEMICAL REAGENTS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; GOLDER ASSOCIATES; HIGH DENSITIES; METALLURGICAL PROCESSES; MINE SITES; MINING INDUSTRIES; MINING SITES; MINING WASTES; NATURAL OXIDATIONS; NEUTRALISATION; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; PASSIVE TREATMENTS; PROCESS APPLICATIONS; PROCESSING FACILITIES; SLUDGE PROCESSES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TAILINGS WATERS; TOXIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE ROCKS; WATER QUALITY STANDARDS;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 58049188611     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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