Recovery of gold, silver, copper and niobium from printed circuit boards using leaching column technique

26th International Mineral Processing Congress, IMPC 2012: Innovative Processing for Sustainable Growth - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 3513-3519

  Montero, Ricardo ^a   Guevara, Alicia ^a   De La Torre, Ernesto ^a  

^a ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Leaching column; Niobium; Precious metals; Printed circuit boards; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN; NET PRESENT VALUE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCBS); RECYCLING PLANT; SECONDARY SUPPLIES; STRATEGIC METALS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; CYANIDES; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LEACHING; METALS; NIOBIUM; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRECIOUS METALS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SILVER; SODIUM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84879919888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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