Comparative bioleaching and mineralogy of composited sulfide ores containing enargite, covellite and chalcocite by mesophilic and thermophilic microorganisms

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 213-221

  Lee, Jaeheon ^a   Acar, Sevket ^a   Doerr, Denise L ^a   Brierley, James A ^b  

^a a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (United States)

^b Brierley Consultancy LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chalcocite; Copper bioleaching; Covellite; Enargite; Mesophiles; MLA; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

CHALCOCITE; COVELLITE; ENARGITE; MESOPHILES; MLA; THERMOPHILES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLEACHING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SILICATE MINERALS;

COPPER;

EID: 78650695087     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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