Effect of pretreatment prior to leaching on a chalcopyrite mineral in acid media using NaCl and KNO3

Chalcopyrite is the most abundant copper ore mined in Chile. Hydrometallurgical plants are currently changing to concentration by flotation-matte smelting deposits when oxide minerals run out and chalcopyrite appears in deposits. The change from hydrometallurgical processing to flotation is mainly d...

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Main Authors: Víctor Quezada, Antoni Roca, Oscar Benavente, Montserrat Cruells, Brian Keith, Evelyn Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420315520