An investigation into the fundamental understanding of an activated sludge bioremediation process and optimisation of thiocyanate and cyanide destruction

Cyanide (CN) is used in the gold mining industry to dissolve gold from free milling, complex and refractory gold containing ores. Processing sulphide containing refractory ores using biooxidation as a pre-treatment has become increasingly important due to the depletion of free milling ores. The reac...

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Main Author: van Zyl, Andries Wynand
Other Authors: van Hille, Robert
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:Eng
Published: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30421