Bioleaching and recovery of metals from final slag waste of the copper smelting industry

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1113-1121

  Kaksonen, Anna H ^a,b   Lavonen, Leena ^a   Kuusenaho, Mari ^a   Kolli, Anni ^a   Närhi, Heli ^a   Vestola, Elina ^b,c   Puhakka, Jaakko A ^a   Tuovinen, Olli H ^a,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bioleaching; Biotechnology; Waste processing

Indexed keywords

BULK PRECIPITATION; CONTINUOUSLY STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS; LEACH LIQUORS; METAL SOLUBILIZATION; PH VALUE; PULP DENSITY; SLAG WASTES; SMELTING INDUSTRY; SULFATE REDUCING; SULFATE REDUCTION; WASTE PROCESSING;

BIOLEACHING; CHEMICAL REACTORS; COPPER; EFFLUENTS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; METAL RECOVERY; METALS; PH; SLAGS; SOLID WASTES; ZINC;

COPPER SMELTING;

EID: 79961026208     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2011.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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