Treatment of copper flash smelter flue dusts for copper and zinc extraction and arsenic stabilization

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 148-154

  Morales, A ^a   Cruells, M ^b   Roca, A ^b   Bergo R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic stabilization; Copper and zinc extraction; Copper smelter dusts

Indexed keywords

ACID MEDIA; ARSENIC OXIDE; COARSE FRACTIONS; COPPER AND ZINC; COPPER AND ZINC EXTRACTION; DELAFOSSITES; DISSOLVED COPPER; ENARGITE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EXOTHERMIC PROCESS; FINE FRACTION; FLASH SMELTING FURNACE; FLUE DUST; HYDRO-CYCLONE; INERTIZATION; LEACHING TEST; SIZE FRACTION; SMELTER DUST; WATER LEACHING; ZINC SULFATE;

ARSENIC; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; CYCLONE SEPARATORS; DISSOLUTION; DUST; FLUES; FLY ASH; IRON ORES; LEACHING; METALLURGICAL FURNACES; STABILIZATION; SULFURIC ACID; ZINC;

COPPER SMELTING;

EID: 78249273932     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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