A techno-economic comparison of three process routes for the treatment of Gamsberg zinc ore

There is an abundant availability of zinc sulphide (sphalerite) ore (160 million tons at 7.40 % Zn) at Gamsberg, Northern Cape in South Africa. The ore body is South Africa’s greatest unexploited base metal resource. Regardless of its size, the low zinc and high manganese content of the sphalerite c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dlamini, Zethu
Other Authors: Petersen, Jochen
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13677