Electrochemical bioleaching of high grade chalcopyrite flotation concentrates in a stirred bioreactor

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-105

  Ahmadi, A ^a   Schaffie, M ^a   Manafi, Z ^b   Ranjbar, M ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b National Iranian Copper Industries Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acidophilic bacteria; Bioreactor; Chalcopyrite; Electrochemical bioleaching

Indexed keywords

ACIDOPHILIC BACTERIA; COMPLEX SULFIDE; COPPER PROCESSING; COPPER RECOVERY; ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTIONS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES; LEACHING EXPERIMENTS; MESOPHILIC; MODERATELY THERMOPHILIC; REDOX POTENTIALS; STIRRED BIOREACTORS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCONVERSION; BIOLEACHING; BIOREACTORS; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FLOTATION; METAL RECOVERY; ORE TREATMENT; REDOX REACTIONS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77955278900     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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