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A Review of the Development and Current Status of Copper Bioleaching Operations in Chile: 25 Years of Successful Commercial Implementation

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  1. Mining Engineering Department, Universidad de Chile, DOMIC SA, Office 61, Santa Magdalena 10, Providencia, Chile

    Esteban M. Domic

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  1. Professor and HOD of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602, Matieland, South Africa

    Douglas E. Rawlings

  2. School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, LL57 2UW, Bangor, UK

    D. Barrie Johnson

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Domic, E.M. (2007). A Review of the Development and Current Status of Copper Bioleaching Operations in Chile: 25 Years of Successful Commercial Implementation. In: Rawlings, D.E., Johnson, D.B. (eds) Biomining. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34911-2_4

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