Bioleaching of copper from pre and post thermally activated low grade chalcopyrite contained ball mill spillage

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-293

  Panda, Sandeep ^a,b   Pradhan, Nilotpala ^a   Mohapatra, Umaballav ^b   Panda, Sandeep K ^c   Rath, Swagat S ^a   Rao, Danda S ^a   Nayak, Bansi D ^a   Sukla, Lala B ^a   Mishra, Barada K ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University   (India)

^c Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Bhubaneswar   (India)

Author keywords

ballmill spillage; bioleaching; copper; thermal activation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876454223     PISSN: 20952201     EISSN: 2095221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-013-0484-5     Document Type: Article

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