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Leaching of a zinc ore and concentrate using the Geocoat™ technology
, Article Minerals Engineering ; Volume 24, Issue 1 , 2011 , Pages 64-69 ; 08926875 (ISSN) ; Petersen, J ; Roostaazad, R ; Hosseini, S ; Mohammad Mousavi, S ; Najafi, A ; Vasiri, A. K ; Sharif University of Technology
Abstract
In this study, the Geocoat™ technology was used for the extraction of zinc from a mineral concentrate obtained from the Kooshk mine (Yazd, Iran) by a culture dominated by the mesophilic bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in a packed column bioreactor. A low grade sphalerite ore was used as support for the concentrate coating. During the 100 days of leaching pH, Fe3+, Fetotal, microbial population density and zinc extraction were measured. The final zinc extraction from concentrate and low grade support was 97% and 78%, respectively, and it was found that leaching from the support does not proceed significantly before leaching from the coating is completed