The Use of Acid Leaching to Recover Metals from Tailings: A …
Later, Stanković introduced a copper extraction process involving two metallurgical stages: an initial acidic agitated leaching followed by flotation of the insoluble solids from the leaching step. In the first phase, he applied parameters of 0.2 M H 2 SO 4, an S:L ratio of 1:2, agitation at 300 RPM, a temperature of 20 °C, and a 1-h ...