Two-stage bacterial-chemical oxidation of refractory gold-bearing sulfidic concentrates

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 28-34

  Fomchenko, Natal'ya V ^a   Muravyov, Maxim I ^a   Kondrat'eva, Tamara F ^a  

^a WINOGRADSKY INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biooxidation; Ferric leaching; Gold recovery; Sulfide concentrates; Two stage technology

Indexed keywords

BIO-OXIDATION; FERRIC LEACHING; GOLD RECOVERIES; SULFIDE CONCENTRATES; TWO STAGE; TWO-STAGE TECHNOLOGY;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; BATCH REACTORS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; OXIDATION; PRECIOUS METALS; REFRACTORY MATERIALS; REFRACTORY METALS; SULFUR;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 73549093583     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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