Role of ore mineralogy in optimizing conditions for bioleaching low-grade complex sulphide ores

Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China (English Edition)

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1234-1246

  OLUBAMBI, P A ^a,b   NDLOVU, S ^a   POTGIETER, J H ^a   BORODE, J O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

bioleaching; mesophiles; ore mineralogy; processing parameters; sulphide ore

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; IRON ORES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM ORE TREATMENT; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

COPPER RECOVERIES; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; MESOPHILES; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; ORE MINERALOGY; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; PULP DENSITY; SOLUTION PH; STIRRING SPEED (SS); SULPHIDE ORE;

ORES;

EID: 58649102867     PISSN: 10036326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(08)60210-1     Document Type: Article

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