METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIOLEACHING PRIMARY ORES, FLOTATION WASTES AND WEATHERED ORES WITH BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF SULFURIC ACID FROM ELEMENTAL SULFUR AND/OR PYRITE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for bioleaching primary ores containing copper, nickel, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, uranium, precious metals, flotation wastes from the production of sulfide concentrates of said metals, and also weathered ores (ores said to be oxidized) with the simultaneous biological production of sulfuric acid from elemental sulfur and/or pyrite.