Bioleaching of a low-grade ultramafic nickel sulphide ore in stirred-tank reactors at elevated pH

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Cameron, Rory A ^a   Lastra, Rolando ^b   Mortazavi, Saviz ^b   Bedard, Pierre L ^b   Morin, Lucie ^b   Gould, W Douglas ^b   Kennedy, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Natural Resources Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Elevated pH; Lizardite; Nickel; Pentlandite; Serpentine minerals; Ultramafic nickel sulphide

Indexed keywords

ELEVATED PH; LIZARDITE; PENTLANDITE; SERPENTINE MINERALS; ULTRAMAFIC NICKEL SULPHIDE;

BIOLEACHING; KAOLINITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORES; SERPENTINE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SULFURIC ACID; TANKS (CONTAINERS); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 67349128700     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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