Evaluation of bioleaching factors on gold recovery from ore by cyanide-producing bacteria

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-24

  Shin, Doyun ^a   Jeong, Jinki ^a   Lee, Sujeong ^a   Pandey, B D ^b   Lee, Jae Chun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioleaching; Chromobacterium violaceum; Cyanide producing bacteria; Gold; Low grade ore

Indexed keywords

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; GOLD RECOVERIES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; REFRACTORY GOLD; SHAKE-FLASK CULTURES;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOLEACHING; CYANIDES; EFFICIENCY; GOLD; GRINDING (MACHINING); ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; SILICA;

GOLD ORE TREATMENT;

EID: 84878597142     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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