in this research, kinetics of carbothermic reduction of molybdenite in the presence of different amounts of sodium carbonate has been studied. mixed powders consisting of molybdenite, graphite and sodium carbonate with three mole-ratios of 1:4:2,1:4:3 and 1:4:4 were mechanically activated for 40 hours. the results of x-ray diffraction on activated samples showed that no reaction occurrs in diff...

bioleaching processes for extraction of cu and mo from molybdenite cons. are more environmentally friendly and consume less energy than conventional technologies, yet less economically efficient. one necessary step towards arriving at a cost-effective bioleaching process is using appropriate methodology to optimize pertinent factors in such processes. to this end, the present study employed res...

Bioleaching processes for extraction of Cu and Mo from molybdenite cons. are more environmentally friendly and consume less energy than conventional technologies, yet less economically efficient. One necessary step towards arriving at a cost-effective bioleaching process is using appropriate methodology to optimize pertinent factors in such processes. To this end, the present study employed Res...

Sulfide minerals contain sulphur in a large variety of coordination environments. Consequently, the S 2p XPS of various mineral surface states undergo different shifts in binding energy (BE) relative to the bulk, depending on the charge distribution on the surface. This in turn depends on the number, type and position of the atoms on the fracture surface, which is determined by the fracture mec...

The Hunt Mo skarn deposit is one of the best examples of a late tectonic, granitic pegmatite-related, skarn system in the Grenville province. An Re-Os age of 1069 ± 11 Ma was obtained from a molybdenite crystal (6.4 ppm Re) hosted in proximal skarn (sample 50O) consistent with a contact metasomatic origin related to the granitic body. Although less evolved than other Grenvillian pegmatites, the...

Sm-Nd isochrone, drawn for rock-forming and sulfide minerals from the Ozernoe ore occurrence, indicates albitite age of 1,759 ± 11 Ma. It shows synchronous formation mineralization, fully corresponds to earlier defined rutile in (1,757 7 Ma U-Pb, n = 3, MSWD 0.2), Rb-Sr isochrone 1,754 39 biotite, apatite, albite, WR. Recently published Re-Os ages molybdenite 1,872 23 chalcopyrite 1,891 230 ind...