Current scenario of chalcopyrite bioleaching: A review on the recent advances to its heap-leach technology

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 694-706

  Panda, Sandeep ^a   Akcil, Ata ^b   Pradhan, Nilotpala ^a   Deveci, Haci ^c  

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

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acidophilies; Chalcopyrite; Copper; Heap bioleaching; Industrial biotechnology

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; ORE TREATMENT;

ACIDOPHILIES; ADVANCED INFORMATIONS; BIOLEACHING MICROORGANISMS; CHALCOPYRITE; ECO-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HEAP BIOLEACHING; INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOLEACHING;

COPPER; METAL; PYRITE; SULFIDE; THIOSULFATE;

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLEACHING; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MESOPHILE; MICROORGANISM; MINING; NONHUMAN; OMICS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); REVIEW; THERMOPHILE;

EID: 85028627899     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.08.064     Document Type: Review

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