Microbial succession during a heap bioleaching cycle of low grade copper sulfides: Does this knowledge mean a real input for industrial process design and control?

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 382-390

  Demergasso, C ^a,b   Galleguillos, F ^a   Soto, P ^a,b   Seron M ^a   Iturriaga, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Industrial copper bioleaching; Microbial ecology; Modeling

Indexed keywords

ACID CONDITIONING; BACTERIAL LEACHING; BACTERIAL OXIDATION; BIOHEAP LEACHING; COPPER SULFIDES; COVELLITE; DATA MINING TECHNIQUES; FERROUS OXIDATION; HEAP BIOLEACHING; INDUSTRIAL COPPER BIOLEACHING; INDUSTRIAL DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL PROCESS DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LOW GRADE; MICROBIAL DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL SUBSTRATES; MODELING; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; REDUCED SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SOLVENT-EXTRACTION PROCESS;

ACIDS; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER; DATA MINING; DECISION TREES; ECOLOGY; INDUSTRY; OXIDATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR;

BIOLEACHING;

EID: 77957777240     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.04.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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