Acid mine/rock drainage (AMD/ARD), effluents with low pH and high concentrations of
hazardous and toxic elements generated when sulfide-rich wastes are exposed to the …

Summarized the heavy metal pollution caused by natural and human activities. The natural
causes include the migration and redistribution of soil debris and the hydraulic migration of …

Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential for advanced manufacturing (eg, renewable
energy, military equipment, electric vehicles); hence, the recovery of REEs from low-grade …

Current management of mining waste is based on linear economy thinking. However, the
use of mining waste as a raw material resource can be one solution to the limited metal …

The mining industry has been operating across the globe for millennia, but it is only in the
last 50 years that remote sensing technology has enabled the visualization, map** and …

The basic methods for rehabilitating degraded land left after mining are reasonably well‐
understood and there are examples across Australia of these being currently implemented …

Planning in mining regions needs to accommodate the extraction of minerals/energy
resources in co-existence with established land uses, such as agriculture and ecological …

Acid mine drainage (AMD), an acidic effluent characterized by high concentrations of sulfate
and heavy metals, is an environmental and economic concern. The performance of an …

Arsenic in dust and aerosol generated by mining, mineral processing and metallurgical
extraction industries, is a serious threat to human populations throughout the world. Major …

After a coal mine is closed, the coal rock mass could undergo weathering deterioration and
strength reduction due to factors such as stress and groundwater, which in turn changes the …