Microwave roasting of a carbonaceous sulphidic gold concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1095-1101

  Amankwah, R K ^a   Pickles, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyanidation; Gold ores; Leaching; Oxidation; Roasting

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS MATTER; CYANIDATION; GOLD CONCENTRATE; GOLD EXTRACTION; GOLD ORES; INCIDENT POWER; INFRARED ANALYSIS; MATRIX; MICROWAVE POWER; PROCESSING TIME; ROASTING; SAMPLE TEMPERATURE; SPECIFIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION; TOTAL CARBON REMOVAL;

CALCINATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; GOLD; HEATING; LEACHING; MICROWAVES; MINERALS; ORES; OXIDATION; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; SINTERING;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 69749094218     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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