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Chloride heap leaching
Patent, Vol.WO 2007134343 A2
Bhp Billiton Sa Ltd
2007
Abstract
A heap leaching method to recover copper from a primary copper sulphide mineral wherein the mineral is leached in an acidic chloride or mixed chloride/sulphate solution in the presence of oxygen with the surface potential of the mineral below 600 mV (vs. SHE) to cause dissolution of the copper sulphide.
Details
- Title
- Chloride heap leaching
- Authors/Creators
- E.L. Muller (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Patent, Vol.WO 2007134343 A2
- Publisher
- Bhp Billiton Sa Ltd
- Identifiers
- 991005543747507891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Parker Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Hydrometallurgy Solutions
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
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