Tank bioleaching of copper from combined flotation concentrate and smelter dust

International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1208-1214

  Vakylabad, Ali Behrad ^a   Ranjbar, Mohammad ^a   Manafi, Zahra ^b   Bakhtiari, Fereshteh ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b National Iranian Copper Industries Company   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flotation concentrate; Moderate thermophiles; Smelter dust; Tank bioleaching

Indexed keywords

CONTROL AND PREVENTION; COPPER EXTRACTION; COPPER RECOVERY; MODERATE THERMOPHILES; SEM/EDS; SMELTER DUST; STIRRED TANK REACTORS; TANK BIOLEACHING; XRD;

BIOLEACHING; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FLOTATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; PASSIVATION; SMELTING; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

DUST;

BIOREACTOR; COPPER; DISSOLUTION; DUST; EXTRACTION METHOD; LEACHING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORE MINERAL; PROCESSING; SMELTING; STORAGE TANK; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

EID: 80053897509     PISSN: 09648305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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