Chlorate-based oxidative hydrometallurgical extraction of copper and zinc from copper concentrate sulfide ores using mild acidic conditions

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 72-76

  Kariuki, Stephen ^a   Moore, Cory ^a   McDonald, Andrew M ^b  

^a NIPISSING UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Chlorate; Copper leaching; Hydrometallurgy

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER SMELTING; EXTRACTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; METALLURGY; MINERALS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SODIUM; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CHALCOPYRITE; CHLORATE; COPPER CONCENTRATES; COPPER EXTRACTIONS; COPPER LEACHING; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HYDROMETALLURGICAL EXTRACTIONS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHODS; JAROSITE; LEACHATE; MILD ACIDIC CONDITIONS; OXIDIZING AGENTS; SELECTIVE EXTRACTIONS; SODIUM CHLORATES; SULFIDE ORES;

COPPER;

EID: 58149125595     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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