Sustainable rehabilitation of mining waste and acid mine drainage using geochemistry, mine type, mineralogy, texture, ore extraction and climate knowledge

HM Anawar - Journal of environmental management, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The oxidative dissolution of sulfidic minerals releases the extremely acidic leachate, sulfate
and potentially toxic elements eg, As, Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Th, U, Zn, etc. from …

Phytoremediation potential of native plant species in mine soils polluted by metal (loid) s and rare earth elements

M Azizi, A Faz, R Zornoza, S Martinez-Martinez… - Plants, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Phytoremediation Potential of Native Plant Species in Mine Soils Polluted by Metal(loid)s and
Rare Earth Elements Next Article in Journal Evaluations of Andrographolide-Rich Fractions of …

An overview of potentially toxic element pollution in soil around lead–zinc mining areas

A Rouhani, M Gutiérrez, RA Newton… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
Metal mining activities have been major contributors of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in
the environment, leading to substantial soil pollution. One such example is lead–zinc mining …

Establishing an index and identification of limiting parameters for characterizing soil quality in Mediterranean ecosystems

A Sánchez-Navarro, JM Gil-Vázquez… - Catena, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to develop a suitable index for characterizing the quality of soils in
semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems. The preliminary estimate of the attributes involved in …

Soil contamination and health risk assessment from heavy metals exposure near mining area in Bac Kan province, Vietnam

TS Tran, VC Dinh, TAH Nguyen, KW Kim - … geochemistry and health, 2022‏ - Springer
Mining activities in Vietnam have resulted in potential heavy metals contamination, which
unfavorably influences soil quality and represents a risk to human health. This study was …

Trace element contamination in the mine-affected stream sediments of Oued Rarai in north-western Tunisia: A river basin scale assessment

J Ayari, M Barbieri, Y Agnan, A Sellami… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - Springer
High-quality and accurate environmental investigations are essential for the evaluation of
contamination and subsequent decision-making processes. A combination of environmental …

Hazardous enrichment of toxic elements in soils and olives in the urban zone of Lavrio, Greece, a legacy, millennia-old silver/lead mining area and related health risk …

V Antoniadis, G Thalassinos, E Levizou, J Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Lavrio is a Greek town with several abandoned Ag/Pb mines. In this study, 19 potentially
toxic elements (PTEs) were measured in soil, weeds, and olives. Levels of seven of the …

Geoenvironmental characterization of unstable abandoned mine tailings combining geophysical and geochemical methods (Cartagena-La Union district, Spain)

T Martín-Crespo, D Gómez-Ortiz… - Engineering …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This study presents the results of the geoenvironmental characterization of the Brunita mine
pond in the Cartagena-La Unión mining district, Murcia (SE Spain). The main objective was …

[HTML][HTML] Optimisation of the chemical immobilisation by limestone filler of heavy metals and metalloids in contaminated soils via response surface methodology (RSM)

JM Veiga-del-Baño, S Martínez-López… - Minerals …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Five soils contaminated with potentially toxic elements (Cu, Pb, Zn, As, Cd) from mining
waste with different mineralogical and physico-chemical properties were amended with a …

Application of spectrum–area fractal model to identify of geochemical anomalies based on soil data in Kahang porphyry-type Cu deposit, Iran

P Afzal, H Harati, YF Alghalandis, AB Yasrebi - Geochemistry, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to identify geochemical anomalies using power spectrum–area (S–A)
method based on the grade values of Cu, Mo and Au in 2709 soil samples collected from …