The effect of anaerobic processes on the leachability of an arsenopyrite refractory ore

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 535-540

  Hol, Alex ^a   Van Der Weijden, Renata D ^a   Weert, Gus Van ^b   Kondos, Peter ^c   Buisman, Cees J N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Oretome Limited   (Canada)

^c BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cyanidation; Reduction; Sulfide ores

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC OXIDATION; ANAEROBIC PROCESS; CYANIDATION; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; LEACH SOLUTIONS; LEACHABILITY; LOOP REACTORS; ORE CONCENTRATE; REACTOR FLUIDS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; SULFATE-REDUCER; SULFIDE ORES;

ARSENIC; BACTERIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTS; GAS LIFTS; GOLD; LEACHING; MINERALS; ORES; OXIDATION; REACTOR OPERATION; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE;

EID: 79955675629     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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