Leaching of a zinc ore and concentrate using the Geocoat™ technology

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-69

  Soleimani, Mohammad ^a   Petersen, Jochen ^b   Roostaazad, Reza ^a   Hosseini, Soheil ^a   Mohammad Mousavi, S ^c,d   Najafi, Alireza ^a,e   Vasiri, Akhtarolmolouk Kazemi ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Geocoat; Heap leaching; Mesophilic bacteria; Sphalerite

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; GEOCOAT; HEAP LEACHING; LOW GRADE; LOW GRADE SPHALERITE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL POPULATION DENSITIES; MINERAL CONCENTRATES; PACKED COLUMN BIOREACTORS; SPHALERITE; ZINC EXTRACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; COATINGS; ORES; ZINC; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC ORE TREATMENT; ZINC SULFIDE;

LEACHING;

EID: 78449237584     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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