Ferric sulphate/chloride leaching of zinc and minor elements from a sphalerite concentrate

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 606-615

  Santos, Sílvia M C ^a   Machado, Remígio M ^a   Correia, M Joana N ^a   Reis, M Teresa A ^a   Ismael, M Rosinda C ^a   Carvalho, Jorge M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hydrometallurgy; Iron oxidation; Leaching; Sulphide ores; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LEACHING; BREAK DOWN; CHLORIDE MEDIA; COPPER LEACHING; ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; IRON OXIDATION; LEACHING TEST; MINOR ELEMENTS; OXIDATION OF FE; SEVERAL VARIABLES; SOLID/LIQUID RATIOS; SPHALERITE CONCENTRATE; SULPHATES; SULPHIDE ORES; ZINC EXTRACTION;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEACHING; METAL RECOVERY; METALLURGY; OXIDATION; TIN; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 77953137453     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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