Column bioleaching of a low grade nickel-bearing sulfide ore containing high magnesium as olivine, chlorite and antigorite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Zhen, Shijie ^a,b,c   Yan, Zhongqiang ^c   Zhang, Yansheng ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a,b   Campbell, Maurice ^a,b   Qin, Wenqing ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Jinchuan Group Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Column bioleaching; Magnesium; Mesophiles; Nickel; Sulfide ore

Indexed keywords

BIOLEACHING; COBALT; KAOLINITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL RECOVERY; NICKEL ALLOYS; OLIVINE; ORES; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ANTIGORITE; COLUMN BIOLEACHING; COLUMN LEACHING; GANGUE MINERALS; JINCHUAN; LOW GRADES; MESOPHILES; MIXED BACTERIA; NICKEL BEARINGS; NICKEL RECOVERIES; SULFIDE ORE; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITIES;

NICKEL;

EID: 60549110038     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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