Bacterial leaching of chalcopyrite and bornite with native bioleaching microorganism

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1468-1472

  WANG, Jun ^a   QIN, Wen qing ^a   ZHANG, Yan sheng ^a   YANG, Cong ren ^a   ZHANG, Jian wen ^a   NAI, Shao shi ^a   SHANG, He ^a   QIU, Guan zhou ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; bioleaching; bornite; chalcopyrite

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER MINES; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION; GROWTH KINETICS; LEACHING; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BORNITE; CELL NUMBERS; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER EXTRACTION; COPPER RECOVERIES; COPPER SULFIDE (CUS); FE(III); GUANGDONG PROVINCE; PULP DENSITY; ZINC CONCENTRATES;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 58649085283     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(09)60027-3     Document Type: Article

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