Abstract Ultrasound-assisted chalcopyrite leaching has been reported previously, showing a noticeable improvement in kinetics. However, the effect of ultrasound on oxidation kinetics from an electrochemical perspective not addressed. This study examines ultrasonic enhancement sulfuric acid solution both conventional and electrochemistry aspects. Electrochemical techniques, including linear swee...

Although bioleaching of chalcopyrite by thermophilic microorganisms enhances the rate of copper recovery, a high temperature accelerates iron precipitation as jarosite, which can bring many operational problems in the industrial processes. In this research work, the bioleaching of chalcopyrite concentrate by the thermophilic Acidianus brierleyi was studied, and the microbial grow...

Various optical, electrical and magnetic properties of a magnetic semiconductor, CuFeS2, have been studied. Optical absorption spectra show the absorption edge at 0.6 eV for CuFeSz and strong absorption bands at 1.3 eV and 2.0 eV for Fe-doped CuAIS2. Photoconductivity is also observed at the same energy region of the absorption edge. These strong absorptions originate from the charge transfer t...

The Chah-Bagh gold occurrence is located in Muteh mining district, in the central part of the Sanandaj-Sirjan zone. Gold mineralization occurs in ductile to ductile-brittle shear zones and is comparable with orogenic gold deposits. Silicification and sulfidization are the most important hydrothermal alteration features in the inner parts of altered shear zones and coincide most closely with the...

The massive sulfide deposits (VMS) from Mănăilă are associated with the metamorphic formations of Tulgheș Lithogroup Bucovinian Nappes Crystalline-Mesozoic Zone in Eastern Carpathians, Romania. following types ore were identified: pyrite-polymetallic, pyrite copper, compact and precompact quartz-precompact copper. polymetallic mineralization consists pyrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena, su...

The Muteh gold deposit (NE of Golpaygan) in the central part of intrusive-metamorphic belt of Sanandaj-Sirjan zone comprises NW-SE trending gold-quartz vein occurred in metamorphic complex. Gold mineralization is associated with quartz veins that formed during regional deformation across the mylonitic zones in metamorphic rocks of predominantly meta-volcanic, gneiss and schist. The sulfidation ...