Designing mine tailings for better environmental, social and economic outcomes: a review of alternative approaches

M Edraki, T Baumgartl, E Manlapig, D Bradshaw… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
With the unprecedented rate of mining and mineral processing over the past decade, there
has been an increasing level of concern worldwide about the fate of tailings and the …

Distinguishing reclamation, revegetation and phytoremediation, and the importance of geochemical processes in the reclamation of sulfidic mine tailings: A review

L **e, D van Zyl - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The reclamation of tailings, especially acid-generating tailings resulting from the oxidation of
sulfide minerals, has been an urgent but difficult task for a long period. Phytoremediation …

Novel phosphate-solubilizing bacteria enhance soil phosphorus cycling following ecological restoration of land degraded by mining

JL Liang, J Liu, P Jia, T Yang, Q Zeng, S Zhang… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Little is known about the changes in soil microbial phosphorus (P) cycling potential during
terrestrial ecosystem management and restoration, although much research aims to …

Phototrophic nitrogen fixation, a neglected biogeochemical process in mine tailings?

Y Li, X Sun, R Yang, L Guo, C Li, X Wang… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) has important ecological significance in mine tailing by
contributing to the initial accumulation of nitrogen. In addition to chemolithotrophic and …

Copper and zinc adsorption by softwood and hardwood biochars under elevated sulphate-induced salinity and acidic pH conditions

S Jiang, L Huang, TAH Nguyen, YS Ok, V Rudolph… - Chemosphere, 2016 - Elsevier
Biochar adsorption may lower concentrations of soluble metals in pore water of sulphidic
Cu/Pb–Zn mine tailings. Unlike soil, high levels of salinity and soluble cations are present in …

Variations of soil microbial communities accompanied by different vegetation restoration in an open-cut iron mining area

J Deng, X Bai, Y Zhou, W Zhu, Y Yin - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Overexploitation of iron mining in China has caused serious environmental pollution.
Therefore, establishing a stable ecological restoration with vegetation in mining areas has …

High-temperature and drought stress effects on growth, yield and nutritional quality with transpiration response to vapor pressure deficit in lentil

N El Haddad, H Choukri, ME Ghanem, A Smouni… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
High temperature and water deficit are among the major limitations reducing lentil (Lens
culinaris Medik.) yield in many growing regions. In addition, increasing atmospheric vapor …

Microbes from mined sites: Harnessing their potential for reclamation of derelict mine sites

P Thavamani, RA Samkumar, V Satheesh… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Derelict mines pose potential risks to environmental health. Several factors such as soil
structure, organic matter, and nutrient content are the greatly affected qualities in mined …

Chemolithoautotropic diazotrophy dominates the nitrogen fixation process in mine tailings

X Sun, T Kong, MM Häggblom, M Kolton… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Nutrient deficiency, especially bio-available nitrogen deficiency, often impedes the
bioremediation efforts of mining generated tailings. Biological nitrogen fixation is a critical …

Evaluation of soil heavy metals pollution and the phytoremediation potential of copper-nickel mine tailings ponds

J Shi, W Qian, Z **, Z Zhou, X Wang, X Yang - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Heavy metal pollution in soils caused by mining has led to major environmental problems
around the globe and seriously threatens the ecological environment. The assessment of …