Filter cake washing for cyanide removal / by J.S. Scott, chief, Mining and Metalurgical Division.: En14-491/1982E-PDF
"The purpose of this presentation is to stress the importance of effectively removing cyanide from the cyanided tailings filter cake, by washing with water, in gold mills which rely principally on the destruction of cyanide in their waste barren solution, e.g., by alkaline chlorination, to produce an acceptable effluent for discharge to the environment."
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada, issuing body. |
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| Title | Filter cake washing for cyanide removal / by J.S. Scott, chief, Mining and Metalurgical Division. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | "Alkaline Chlorination Seminar for Gold Mill Operators, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 26-27, 1982." Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. |
| Publishing information | [Place of publication not identified] : [Environment Canada], [1982] |
| Author / Contributor | Scott, John Stanley, 1929- author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (11 pages) : illustrations |
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| Subject terms | Gold mines and mining -- Waste disposal. Sewage -- Purification -- Cyanide removal. Cyanide wastes. Or -- Mines et extraction -- Déchets -- Élimination. Eaux usées -- Épuration -- Décyanuration. Cyanures -- Déchets. |
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