Bioleaching of high grade Pb-Zn ore by mesophilic and moderately thermophilic iron and sulphur oxidizers

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Rehman, Moazur ^a   Anwar, Munir Ahmad ^a   Iqbal, Mazhar ^a   Akhtar, Kalsoom ^a   Khalid, Ahmad Mukhtar ^a   Ghauri, Muhammad Afzal ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans; Bioleaching; Lead; Sulfolobus thermosulfidooxidans; Sulphide ore; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACID LEACHING; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; DISSOLVED METALS; FERROOXIDANS; MESOPHILIC; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; ORE MATERIALS; SULFOBACILLUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SULFOLOBUS THERMOSULFIDOOXIDANS; SULPHIDE ORE;

BIOLEACHING; DISSOLUTION; LEAD ALLOYS; METAL RECOVERY; ORES; SULFUR; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

LEAD;

EID: 67349225073     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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