BIOLEACHING OF A SULPHIDE CONCENTRATE IN A SALINE SOLUTION
摘要
A method of treating a sulphide mineral which includes the step of bioleaching the mineral in a saline solution using at least one salt tolerant bacterium. The salt content of the solution may lie in the range of 10000 to 35000 ppm Cl-. Suitable bacteria include a salt tolerant strain of Thiobacillus prosperus, Acidhalobacter ferrooxidans and Acidhalobacter aeolicus.
申请公布号
WO02081761(A3)
申请公布日期
2004.02.12
申请号
WO2002ZA00062
申请日期
2002.04.09
申请人
BILLITON SA LIMITED;DEW, DAVID, WILLIAM;DU PLESSIS, CHRIS