Hydrometallurgy in Kghm Polska Miedz SA - Circumstances, Needs and Perspectives of Application

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1264-1277

  Chmielewski, Tomasz ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

copper metallurgy; leaching technologies; polish copper ores

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH; COPPER INDUSTRY; COPPER ORE; ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; HIGH-CONTENT; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS;

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER METALLURGY; COPPER SMELTING; LEACHING; LEAD; ORES; SULFURIC ACID;

HYDROMETALLURGY;

EID: 84863652834     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2012.672531     Document Type: Article

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