Biooxidation and precipitation for iron and sulfate removal from heap bioleaching effluent streams

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Nurmi, Pauliina ^a   Özkaya, Bestamin ^a   Sasaki, Keiko ^b   Kaksonen, Anna H ^a   Riekkola Vanhanen, Marja ^c   Tuovinen, Olli H ^a,d   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Talvivaara Mining Company Plc   (Finland)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barren solution; Bioleaching; Iron oxidation; Iron removal; Sulfate removal

Indexed keywords

BARREN SOLUTION; BIO-OXIDATION; BIOLOGICAL OXIDATIONS; DISSOLVED IRON; EFFLUENT STREAMS; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; FERRIC IRON; FERROUS IRON; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; GRAVITY SETTLER; HEAP BIOLEACHING; IRON OXIDATION; IRON REMOVAL; JAROSITES; LEPTOSPIRILLUM FERRIPHILUM; OXIDATION RATES; PH RANGE; PH VALUE; PROCESS DISTURBANCES; SULFATE REMOVAL;

BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GYPSUM; IRON; OXIDATION; PH EFFECTS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLIDIFICATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 73549097963     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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