Simulated small-scale pilot heap leaching of low-grade copper sulfide ore with selective extraction of copper

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1463-1467

  QIN, Wen qing ^a   ZHANG, Yan sheng ^a   LI, Wei zhong ^a   WANG, Jun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

bioleaching; chalcopyrite; copper; extraction; Lix98

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; STRIPPING (DYES); STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER CONCENTRATIONS; COPPER SULFIDE (CUS); EXTRACTANT; HEAP LEACHING; LEACH LIQUORS; LIX98; SULFATE SOLUTIONS;

EXTRACTION;

EID: 58649083043     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60026-1     Document Type: Article

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