Impact of mining activities on the environment: Case …

One of the most adverse effects of mining activities on the environment is the acid mine drainage which may pose a significant risk to the environment, human health, and agriculture (Karaca et al. 2018; Osonimi et al. 2019). The problems caused by acid mine drainage are groundwater pollution and surface run-off from waste dumps.

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Environmental Pollution and Assessment in Mining Areas

While modern mining practices have decreased the environmental impacts, many sites are inadequately reclaimed and present long-lasting soil pollution problems. The current review summarizes progress in comprehending (1) coal mining impacts on soil pollution, (2) the potential risks of soil pollution associated with coal mining, and (3 ...

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Acid mine drainage: Environmental impact, resource …

The following areas were chosen based on mineralization and environmental factors to provide a panoramic view of the most representative types of Sn and W mines in Portugal (Figure 17.6, Figure 17.7): Ervedosa mine with cassiterite and diverse sulfides (arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, and stannite); Rio de Frades ...

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Geochemistry and potential environmental impact of the mine …

The mine is operated by the Rosh Pinah Zinc Corporation (Pty) Ltd (RPZC). The RPZC mine is located south of the Rosh Pinah Mountains. The town Rosh Pinah lies northwest of the mine tailings, (Fig. 1 b), at the border of a valley trending NW–SE, and has a population of 4,300 while the adjacent Tutungeni settlement hosts 3,500 people. More than ...

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Zinc Ores: An Overview of Types and Uses

Sphalerite, also known as zinc blende, is the most important and common zinc ore mineral. ... Efforts to manage the environmental impact of zinc ores and improve sustainability practices are crucial for the zinc industry. Through recycling, energy efficiency, and integrated product policies, the industry can reduce its environmental footprint ...

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Indium in ore deposits and mine waste environments: …

Higher rates of mine waste generation will exacerbate the potential risks of environmental impacts such as acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD) from tailings (e.g., Parbhakar-Fox et al., 2018; da Silva Souza et al., 2021; Siqueira et al., 2022); air pollution (e.g., Rio Tinto in Spain; Sanchez de la Campa et al., 2011); and geotechnical ...

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Research Portal

The mining industry has been associated with environmental pollution throughout the ages. Old abandoned mines are of particular concern due to the lack of remediation and monitoring of the pollution. The abandoned Edendale Lead Mine in Tshwane, South Africa, was in operation from the 1980's until 1938 and mined primarily galena for the lead content, although …

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Environmental Impact of Mine Exploitation: An Early …

Mining wastes containing sulfide minerals can generate contaminated waters as acid mine drainage (AMD) and contaminated neutral drainage (CND). This occurs when such minerals are exposed to oxygen and water. Nowadays, mineralogical work—when it is done—is independently and differentially done according to the needs of the exploration, geotechnics, …

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The Environmental Problems Caused by Mining

A village was set up to support 15,000 miners working in the ruby mine near Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar. Photo: Pardieu et al. (2017). However, compared to many other industries such as agriculture, mining uses relatively small pockets of land, and the future of mining could move to using techniques that are arguably even less invasive on the …

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Deep Sea Mining of Submarine Hydrothermal Deposits and its …

Deep Sea Mining of Submarine Hydrothermal Deposits and its Possible Environmental Impact in Manus Basin, ... The Vienna Wood site is a typical Cu-Zn type of mineralization consisting predominantly of pyrite, marcasite, sphalerite, wurtzite and chalcopyrite. ... unique hydrothermal vent organisms and possible environment impacts if Nautilus ...

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Zinc, cadmium and thallium distribution in soils and plants …

An area affected by the long-term weathering of sphalerite-bearing mine wastes was studied in order to assess the environmental fate and behaviour of different toxic elements occurring in this mineral. Soil and plant samples were collected at different distances from the polluting sources and analysed for the content and distribution of Zn, Cd and Tl.

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The impact of former mining activity on soils and plants in …

Exploitation of ore minerals (cinnabar, chalcopyrite, sphalerite) from the old mine in Vallalta (Belluno, NE Italy) has resulted in serious environmental impacts, including the acidification of water, and the contamination of soils and plants. ... A.M., Condesso de Melo, M.T. & Nieto, J.M. 2009. Environmental impact of mining activities in the ...

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Nadine M. Piatak-Hackley | U.S. Geological Survey

Electron microprobe analyses of sphalerite and hemimorphite from mine wastes from the Tar Creek Superfund Site, Tri-State Mining District, Oklahoma, U.S.A. ... The most common environmental impact of slag is from the leaching of potentially toxic elements, acidity, or alkalinity that may impact nearby soils and surface water and groundwater. ...

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The flotation of sphalerite mine tailings as a remediation …

Mine tailings disposal methods include cross valley or hillside dams, raised embankments, dry-stacking of thickened tailings on land, backfilling into abandoned open-pit mines or underground mines, and direct disposal into rivers, lakes, and ocean (Edraki et al., 2014).Environmental pollution from mining activities generally falls into either of two categories: …

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Critical Mineral: Germanium

Figure 3. A specimen of sphalerite from the Ruby Mine, Je ... environmental impacts to land and water caused either by past practices in hard-rock mining or by current activities in agriculture and industry. The Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology is the principal source of Earth science in-

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Temperature impact on xanthate adsorption and …

The kinetics of xanthate adsorption also increased with temperature in studies with copper sulfide in the temperature range of 10 to 20 °C (Naeem et al., 2008).Kinetic adsorption studies in a temperature range of 18 to 50 °C with pyrite, pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite revealed low activation energy of butyl xanthate adsorption, which suggested diffusion as a …

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Mine tailings dams: Characteristics, failure, environmental impacts

2016. Tailings failures are on the radar screen of regulators, engineers and the media at least since the mid 70s. The Authors of this paper have performed quantitative risk assessments of mines, often featuring multiple active tailings dams, for over 20 years and have reviewed numerous qualitative and semi-quantitative risk assessments (FMEA etc.), oftentimes paired …

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Environmental Impact Mining Sphalerite

The impact of former mining activity on soils and plants in … Exploitation of ore minerals (cinnabar, chalcopyrite, sphalerite) from the old mine in Vallalta (Belluno, NE Italy) has resulted in serious environmental impacts, including the acidification of water, and the contamination of …

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Mine Tailings Dams: Characteristics, Failure, …

the characteristics, types and magnitudes, environmental impacts, and remediation of mine tailings dam failures. 3 1. Introduction ... pyrite is often a significant phase in coal mine spoil, whereas chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena and pyrrhotite may also be present in detectable quantities (Gupta 1999; Dang et . 7

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Potential environmental risk of natural particulate cadmium …

Cadmium (Cd)-bearing sphalerite and smithsonite ore particles are ubiquitous in soils near metal-mining areas. Previous studies indicate that smithsonite is more readily dissolved in acidic waters and soils than sphalerite but the mobility of Cd and zinc (Zn) derived from these ores in soils is unknown. Using microcosm incubation experiments and microscopic and …

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Potential environmental risk of natural particulate cadmium …

Sulfide (e.g., sphalerite) and oxide (e.g., smithsonite) zinc (Zn) ores are important mineral resources that have been exploited extensively worldwide for thousands of years and mining and smelting of non-ferrous metals are major contributors to environmental contamination (Zhou et al., 2020).Careless exploitation of natural resources has led to the leaching of …

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