Recovery of nickel from lateritic nickel ore using Aspergillus niger and optimization of parameters

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-313

  Mohapatra, S ^a   Pradhan, N ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Sukla, L B ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Bioleaching; Fungal strain; Oxide ore; Sulphide ores

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NICKEL MINES; ORE TREATMENT; SUGAR (SUCROSE); THEOREM PROVING;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CENTRAL COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; FUNGAL STRAIN; MAIN EFFECTS; NICKEL EXTRACTIONS; NICKEL ORES; NICKEL RECOVERIES; OPTIMIZATION OF PARAMETERS; OXIDE ORE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PULP DENSITIES; QUADRATIC EFFECTS; SECOND ORDERS; SUCROSE CONCENTRATIONS; SULPHIDE ORES;

ORES;

EID: 58349097693     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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