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

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 58-65

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

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Jinchuan Group Ltd   (China)

^d National Nickel and Cobalt Advanced Materials Engineering Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Economical feasibility model; Heap bioleaching; Magnesium; Mesophiles; Nickel bearing sulfide ore

Indexed keywords

ACID WASTEWATER; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ANTIGORITE; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY; ECONOMICAL FEASIBILITY MODEL; GANGUE MINERALS; HEAP BIOLEACHING; HEAP LEACHING; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERROOXIDANS; MESOPHILES; NICKEL SULFIDE; NICKEL-BEARING; NICKEL-BEARING SULFIDE ORE; SCALE-UP; SMELTING PROCESS; SULFIDE ORES;

ACIDS; COBALT; KAOLINITE; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; OLIVINE; ORES; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; SMELTING; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFURIC ACID; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 67349277686     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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