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Chloride tank leaching

Muller, E.L., Basson, P. and Nicol, M.J.ORCID: 0000-0002-8757-161X (2007) Chloride tank leaching. Patent, WO 2007134344 A1 .

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Abstract

A tank leaching method to recover copper from a slurry of a copper sulphide mineral concentrate and an acidic or mixed chloride/sulphate solution. Leaching takes place in the presence of dissolved oxygen and the surface potential of the mineral is maintained below 600 mV (vs. SHE).

Item Type: Others
Murdoch Affiliation(s): Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions
Publisher: Bhp Billiton Sa Ltd
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/30186
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