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Cyanide or Macarthur Forrest Process

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why oxide ores are more easily reduced than sulphide ores?

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The oxides of metals are weaker than the sulphides and hence are easily reduced by C or CO which are cheap reducers.
Sulphides do not easily react with these reducing agents.

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