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Determination of Bioavailability, Potential Ecological and Human Health Risks, and Biomonitoring of Potential Toxic Elements in Gold Mine Tailings from Four Areas of Antioquia, Colombia
Gold mining has helped many countries and regions grow and prosper. Yet, because of the significant environmental effects produced, waste management...
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Assessing environmental radon contribution by different sources near a South African gold mine tailings
Airborne radon concentration at any given location is influenced by locally exhaled radon and dispersed radon from other locations. As a means of...
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Mine tailings dams’ failures: serious environmental impacts, remote solutions
Tailings containment dam failures cause severe environmental, social, and economic impacts. Analyzing past occurrences allows society and...
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Use of limekiln dust in the stabilization of heavy metals in Ghanaian gold oxide ore mine tailings
Remedial action for heavy metal-contaminated soils is imperative for preventing heavy metal leachability and minimizing environmental risks. This...
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The efficient applications of native flora for phytorestoration of mine tailings: a pan-global survey
Mine tailings are the discarded materials resulting from mining processes after minerals have been extracted. They consist of leftover mineral...
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Biochar Promotes the Germination and Growth of Herbaceous Seeds Hydroseeded on Gold Mine Tailings
Tailings that are generated by gold mining activities are frequently abandoned to let nature initiate ecological succession processes. Given the...
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Unlocking the potential of microbes: biocementation technology for mine tailings restoration — a comprehensive review
Mine tailings contain finer particles, crushed rocks, dugout-soil, water, and organic and inorganic metals or metalloids, including heavy metals and...
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Investigation of metal mobility in gold and silver mine tailings by single-step and sequential extractions
Metal leachate from mine tailings has the potential to release toxic metals into the surrounding environment. A single-step extraction procedure...
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Preliminary Study on the Use of Reverse Osmosis Brine and Mine Tailings as Cement Paste Mixtures for Mine Backfilling Application
The processing of low-grade gold ores generates a significant volume of tailings and wastewater that impacts the environment. The treatment of...
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High-carbon wood ash biochar enhances native tree survival and growth on sand-capped mine tailings
Use of waste wood biomass for bioenergy produces wood ash as a by-product; this ash is typically landfilled, but can potentially play an important...
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The potential of using alkaline gold mine tailing as a cover material to mitigate AMD formation from acidic gold mine tailing pile at Sabie-Pilgrim’s Rest Goldfields, South Africa
Acid mine drainage (AMD) caused by the oxidation of sulphide minerals found in mine waste is a global environmental concern, especially in...
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Bioremediation techniques for the treatment of mine tailings: A review
Mine tailings (MTs) are the materials dumped on a mining site after mineral extraction, containing scattered traces of residual minerals, dug-up...
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The Effects of Agronomic Herbaceous Plants on the Soil Structure of Gold Mine Tailings and the Establishment of Boreal Forest Tree Seedlings
In Canada, low-grade ore mines generate large amounts of mineral waste, such as mine tailings. To control erosion of the fine-grained tailings...
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Evaluation of the danger of a tailings pile belonging to an active mine through its characterization and a dispersion model
Mining is one of the principal economic activities in Mexico, which in addition to bringing benefits to the population, causes health and...
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Assessment of environmental pollution and human health risks of mine tailings in soil: after dam failure of the Córrego do Feijão Mine (in Brumadinho, Brazil)
The dam failure of the Córrego do Feijão Mine (CFM) located in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, killed at least 278 people. In addition, large extensions...
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The bioaccumulation potential of heavy metals by Gliricidia sepium (Fabaceae) in mine tailings
As a result of mining activities, waste of different types is generated. One example is mine tailings that contain potentially toxic elements such as...
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Immobilization of mercury in tailings originating from the historical artisanal and small-scale gold mining using sodium polysulfide
A series of sodium polysulfides (SPSs) with different sulfur indexes was prepared as stabilizers to amend elemental mercury-contaminated artisanal...
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Assessment of heavy metals bioaccumulation in Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth) from an AMD active, abandoned gold mine waste
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is generally outlined as one of the largest environmental concerns, characterized by very low pH value of mine waste, heavy...
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Potential for Pastoral Irrigation Using Sulphate-Rich Waters at Macraes Gold Mine, Southern New Zealand
There is growing recognition that elevated dissolved sulphate around mines will lead to significant environmental issues within the industry that...
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Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of an Australian river
The gold rush at the end of the nineteenth century in south-eastern Australia resulted in the mobilization and re-deposition of vast quantities of...
