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    A fundamental study of copper and cyanide recovery from gold tailings by sulfidisation

    234250_Simons Andrew 2015.pdf (6.462Mb)
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    Authors
    Simons, Andrew Murray
    Date
    2015
    Supervisor
    Dr Richard Browner
    Type
    Thesis
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    PhD
    
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    Western Australian School of Mines, Department of Metallurgical and Minerals Engineering
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1799
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    Abstract

    Cyanide soluble copper in gold ores causes numerous problems for gold producers using cyanidation. This includes increased costs from high cyanide consumption and a requirement to destroy cyanide in the tailings before discharge into a tailings storage facility. This thesis details the results of fundamental studies of sulfidisation processes, such as SART (sulfidisation, acidification, recycle, and thickening), to recycle cyanide and in turn recover copper from gold cyanidation tailings.

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