Bioleaching Of A Copper Sulphide Ore At Different
Copper sulphide ore containing 0 cu, with chalcopyrite as the main copperbearing mineral, was leached in percolation columns containing 20 kg of ore crushed to minus 20 mm at different temperatures 18, 50 and 70che columns were inoculated with cultures of mesophilic, moderately thermophilic and extremely thermophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria, respectively.