Cyanide and removal options from effluents in gold mining and metallurgical processes

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 50-51, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-29

  Kuyucak, Nural ^a   Akcil, Ata ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Hydrometallurgy; Leaching; Process effluents; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FREE CYANIDES; GOLD AND SILVER; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; NATURAL DEGRADATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL METHOD; TOTAL CYANIDES; WASTEWATER STREAMS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEACHING; METALLURGY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CYANIDES;

EID: 84879832682     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2013.05.027     Document Type: Review

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