Lithium is a key component in green energy storage technologies and is rapidly becoming a
metal of crucial importance to the European Union. The different industrial uses of lithium …

The mining and ore processing of sulfide-bearing deposits generates large volumes of
waste rock (WR) and tailings, which often contain barren and residual iron sulfides (eg …

Mismanagement of mine waste rock can mobilize acidity, metal (loid) s, and other
contaminants, and thereby negatively affect downstream environments. Hence, strategic …

The application of mineralogical characterization to mine waste has the potential to improve
risk assessment, guide appropriate mine planning for planned and active mines and …

Failure to accurately predict acid rock drainage (ARD) leads to long-term impacts on
ecosystems and human health, in addition to substantial financial consequences and …

Mine tailings exposed to water and oxygen generate acid mine drainage (AMD) when the
neutralizing minerals are insufficient to buffer the acid produced by sulfide oxidation. Mineral …

Significant volumes of waste rock are produced in mining operations, particularly in open pit
operations. Waste rock is characterized by a high heterogeneity in their mineralogical …

More than 70 microbiological studies of sulfidic mine dumps and heaps have been
published. The microbiology and the relevant biogeochemical processes in the dumps and …

The quality of mine drainage water is often predicted with laboratory prediction tests.
However, laboratory and field results sometimes show significant differences in release …

Humidity cell tests (HCTs) are long-term (20 to> 300 weeks) leach tests that are considered
by some to be the among the most reliable geochemical characterization methods for …