Bio-reduction of elemental sulfur to increase the gold recovery from enargite

Hydrometallurgy

Volumn 115-116, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-97

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Oretome Limited   (Canada)

^c BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enargite; Gas lift loop reactor; Reduction; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTAL SULFUR; ENARGITE; GOLD CONCENTRATE; GOLD EXTRACTION; GOLD RECOVERIES; HPLC ANALYSIS; LEACHABILITY; MINERAL SURFACES;

CYANIDES; GAS LIFTS; GOLD; MILLING (MACHINING); MINERALS; OXIDATION; REACTOR OPERATION; REDUCTION;

SULFUR;

EID: 84857441025     PISSN: 0304386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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