Arsenic leaching from a gold bearing enargite flotation concentrate

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-263

  Curreli, L ^a   Garbarino, C ^a   Ghiani, M ^a   Orru G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic leaching; Enargite; Flotation concentrate; Gold; Sodium sulphide

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER; FLOTATION; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEACHING; NONMETALS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES; PYROMETALLURGY; SODIUM;

ARSENIC CONTENTS; ARSENIC LEACHING; CHEMICAL FORMULAE; ENARGITE; FLOTATION CONCENTRATE; MARKET VALUES; NEW SPECIES; PYROMETALLURGICAL PROCESSING; REACTION CONDITIONS; SODIUM SULPHIDE; SOLID-PHASE;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 59649106045     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.10.013     Document Type: Article

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