Reprint

Novel and Emerging Strategies for Sustainable Mine Tailings and Acid Mine Drainage Management

Edited by
January 2022
332 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2747-5 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-2746-8 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Novel and Emerging Strategies for Sustainable Mine Tailings and Acid Mine Drainage Management that was published in

Chemistry & Materials Science
Engineering
Environmental & Earth Sciences
Summary

Renewable energy and clean storage technologies are at the forefront of the world’s fight against climate change, including the UN-led move towards a carbon-neutral society. Because these complex technologies require more ‘critical’ metals and elements than fossil fuel-based technologies, the demands for raw materials in their manufacturing are skyrocketing and are projected to continue to increase into the foreseeable future.With ore grades on a steep decline, huge amounts of low-grade ores will have to be mined and processed to satisfy the world’s current and future demands for ‘critical’ metals and elements. Expansion of mining and mineral processing operations would mean more mining-related wastes—tailings, waste rocks and acid mine drainage (AMD)—notorious for their devastating and long-term destructive impacts on the environment. This Special Issue explored repurposing/reprocessing of tailings and AMD treatment cost reduction as promising alternatives to manage mine wastes more sustainably. It also includes articles on the critical roles of redox conditions and galvanic interactions on mine waste stability, hydrogeochemical controls on waste rock weathering, and climate change impacts on AMD formation in closed mines.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© by the authors
Keywords
acid mine drainage; life cycle simulation; global warming; earth system model; RCP2.6; RCP8.5; acid mine drainage; copper recovery; microbial fuel cell; electricity generation; microbial community; acid mine drainage; secondary materials; management; absorption; precipitation; mine waste; drainage; water quality; geochemistry; hydrogeology; modelling; mine waste; contamination; batch experiments; lead; zinc; immobilization; remediation; Kabwe; Zambia; abandoned mine; groundwater flow analysis; acid mine drainage; backfilling; copper slag reprocessing tailings; geopolymer; microstructure; NMR; iron hydroxide; iron oxyhydroxide; acid mine drainage; nickel ore; fly ash; concrete aggregate; calcite; goethite; hematite; magnetite; quartz; scheelite; calcite; fluorite; depressant; ferrous sulfate; selective flotation; mine water treatment; milk of lime; sodium sulfide; sodium hydroxide; arsenic-containing tailings; copper mine tailings; magnetic susceptibility; sampling; metals; phytoremediation; heavy metals; mine tailings; endemic species; native species; acid mine drainage; alkaline flotation wastewater; waste rock; mining waste material; coal gangue; red mud; prevention; acid mine drainage; dynamic leaching; geopolymer; laterite; alkali-activated; alumino-silicates; I-optimal; response surface methodology; optimization; mine waste; Acidithiobacillus; acid mine drainage; biomining; comparative genomics; acid mine drainage; gold processing effluents; Fe-Al bimetallic particles; electrochemical reduction; Cu-sulfide ore; Nussir; Ulveryggen; Røros VMS deposit; leaching tests; submarine weathering conditions; on-land weathering conditions; n/a