Thiocyanate hydrometallurgy for the recovery of gold. Part V: Process alternatives for solution concentration and purification

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 113-114, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-38

  Li, Jinshan ^a   Safarzadeh, M Sadegh ^a   Moats, Michael S ^a   Miller, Jan D ^a   Levier, K Marc ^b   Dietrich, Meg ^b   Wan, Rong Yu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamine 336; Carbon adsorption; Cementation; Ferric iron; Gold; Solvent extraction; Stripping; Thiocyanate

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BARK STRIPPING; CEMENTING (SHAFTS); GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IONS; LEACHING; PURIFICATION; SOLVENTS;

ALAMINE 336; CARBON ADSORPTION; CEMENTATION; FERRIC IRON; THIOCYANATE;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84856553697     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2011.11.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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