Bioflotation and bioflocculation review: Microorganisms relevant for mineral beneficiation

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section C: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Dwyer, R ^a   Bruckard, W J ^a   Rea, S ^a   Holmes, R J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioflocculation; Bioflotation; Iron ore

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOFLOCCULATION; BIOFLOTATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; FLOTATION COLLECTORS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; LOW COSTS; LOW GRADE; MINERAL BENEFICIATION; MINERAL PROCESSING; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SELECTIVE SEPARATION; SURFACE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES;

BENEFICIATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOTATION; IRON ORES; LEACHING; METABOLITES; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; RESEARCH;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84859786408     PISSN: 03719553     EISSN: 17432855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743285512Y.0000000005     Document Type: Review

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