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Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore

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Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore. / Pakostova, Eva; Grail, Barry; Johnson, D. Barrie.
In: Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 262, 08.2017, p. 7-11.

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Pakostova, E, Grail, B & Johnson, DB 2017, 'Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore', Solid State Phenomena, vol. 262, pp. 7-11. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

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Pakostova, E., Grail, B., & Johnson, D. B. (2017). Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore. Solid State Phenomena, 262, 7-11. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

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Pakostova E, Grail B, Johnson DB. 2017. Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore. Solid State Phenomena. 262:7-11. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

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Pakostova, Eva, Barry Grail, and D. Barrie Johnson. "Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore". Solid State Phenomena. 2017, 262. 7-11. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

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Pakostova E, Grail B, Johnson DB. Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore. Solid State Phenomena. 2017 Aug;262:7-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

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Pakostova, Eva ; Grail, Barry ; Johnson, D. Barrie. / Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore. In: Solid State Phenomena. 2017 ; Vol. 262. pp. 7-11.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Column Bioleaching of a Saline, Calcareous Copper Sulfide Ore

AU - Pakostova, Eva

AU - Grail, Barry

AU - Johnson, D. Barrie

PY - 2017/8

Y1 - 2017/8

N2 - “Deep in situ biomining”, widely considered to be a potentially environmentally-benign and cost effective biotechnology for extracting and recovering base metals from deep-buried base metal deposits, is being developed within the EU Horizon 2020 project “BioMOre”. Data are presented from non-aerated column experiments in which a saline, calcareous copper-rich ore (kupferschiefer) was subjected to a three-stage eaching protocol: (i) with water, to remove soluble salts; (ii) with sulfuric acid, to remove calcareous minerals and other acid-soluble salts; (iii) indirect bioleaching with a microbiologically-generated ferric iron lixiviant. Sequential leaching with water and acid removed ~85% of the chloride prior to bio-processing, while ~13% of the copper present in the ore was leached using sulfuric acid, and a further 39 - 59% by the lixiviant.

AB - “Deep in situ biomining”, widely considered to be a potentially environmentally-benign and cost effective biotechnology for extracting and recovering base metals from deep-buried base metal deposits, is being developed within the EU Horizon 2020 project “BioMOre”. Data are presented from non-aerated column experiments in which a saline, calcareous copper-rich ore (kupferschiefer) was subjected to a three-stage eaching protocol: (i) with water, to remove soluble salts; (ii) with sulfuric acid, to remove calcareous minerals and other acid-soluble salts; (iii) indirect bioleaching with a microbiologically-generated ferric iron lixiviant. Sequential leaching with water and acid removed ~85% of the chloride prior to bio-processing, while ~13% of the copper present in the ore was leached using sulfuric acid, and a further 39 - 59% by the lixiviant.

U2 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

DO - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.7

M3 - Article

VL - 262

SP - 7

EP - 11

JO - Solid State Phenomena

JF - Solid State Phenomena

SN - 1662-9779

ER -