A review of the selective leaching of gold from oxidised copper-gold ores with ammonia-cyanide and new insights for plant control and operation

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-582

  Muir, D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia cyanide; Copper gold ores; Gold recovery; Ion exchange resins; Process control; Selective leaching

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OPERATION; CONTROL MEASURES; COPPER DISSOLUTION; COPPER-GOLD ORES; CYANIDATION; GOLD RECOVERY; KEY PARAMETERS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LEACH SOLUTIONS; PLANT CONTROL; SELECTIVE LEACHING; SELECTIVE RECOVERY;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; COPPER; CYANIDES; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; ION EXCHANGE; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONS; LEACHING; ORES; PROCESS CONTROL; RECOVERY;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 79955648868     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.08.022     Document Type: Article

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