Mineral sulfide concentrate leaching in high temperature bioreactors

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Norris, Paul R ^a   Burton, Nicolas P ^a,b   Clark, Darren A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Norwich Bioincubator Norwich Research Park   (United Kingdom)

^c Medilink   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Mineral sulfide processing; Thermophiles

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; DEMONSTRATION PLANTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MINERAL SULFIDES; MIXED CULTURES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SULFOLOBUS METALLICUS; THERMOPHILES;

BIOCONVERSION; BIOLEACHING; BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; ORE TREATMENT; PILOT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MINERALS;

EID: 84878582003     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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