Bioleaching of a low grade nickel-copper-cobalt sulfide ore

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 32-37

  Yang, Congren ^a   Qin, Wenqing ^a   Lai, Shaoshi ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yansheng ^a   Jiao, Fen ^a   Ren, Liuyi ^a   Zhuang, Tian ^a   Chang, Ziyong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Jarosite; Magnesium silicate; Nickel bearing sulfide ore

Indexed keywords

COLUMN LEACHING; COPPER IONS; GANGUE MINERALS; JAROSITES; LEACH SOLUTIONS; LEACHING BEHAVIOR; LOW GRADE; MAGNESIUM SILICATE; NICKEL-BEARING SULFIDE ORE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SULFIDE ORES;

BIOLEACHING; COBALT; COPPER; IRON COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM DEPOSITS; METAL IONS; NICKEL; ORES; SILICATES;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 79551560955     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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