Industrial practice of a distinct bioleaching system operated at low pH, high ferric concentration, elevated temperature and low redox potential for secondary copper sulfide

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 130-135

  Ruan, Renman ^a,b   Liu, Xingyu ^b,c   Zou, Gang ^b   Chen, Jinghe ^b   Wen, Jiankang ^c   Wang, Dianzuo ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd   (China)

^c GENERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NONFERROUS METALS   (China)

Author keywords

Bioheapleaching; Industrial practice; Secondary copper sulfide

Indexed keywords

BIOHEAPLEACHING; COARSE PARTICLES; COPPER SULFIDE ORES; COPPER SULFIDES; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH-CONTENT; INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; IRON-OXIDIZER; JAROSITES; LOW COSTS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATION COST; OPERATIONAL DATA; REDOX POTENTIALS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY COPPER SULFIDE; WITHOUT AGGLOMERATION;

AGGLOMERATION; BIOLEACHING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; IRON; IRON ANALYSIS; METAL RECOVERY; ORE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SOLVENTS; SULFUR;

COPPER;

EID: 79955572374     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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