Tropical forests are among the most diverse ecosystems in the world, completed by huge
biodiversity. An expansion in natural resource extraction through open-pit mining activities …

Mine pit lakes are formed when open‐cut pits flood with water, and these lakes occur by the
thousands on every inhabited continent. The remediation and closure of pit lakes is a …

At the end of surface mining activities, the remnant voids are of great concern regarding
rehabilitating the final open pits. The investigation of the sustainability of pit lakes in post …

Open-cut mining operations can form pit lakes on mine closure. These new water bodies
typically have low nutrient concentrations and may have acidic and metal-contaminated …

Pit lakes may form in mining voids that extend below groundwater level after mining ceases
and many have been found to have elevated metals concentrations and low pH through …

Despite the large body of riparian literature for rivers and lakes, there are few studies on the
catchments of mine pit lakes. Therefore, the broad objective of this research was to …

Coal is the major source of India's electricity today, accounting for 59 per cent of its electricity
generation capacity and 75 per cent of the electrical energy generated. Given that 63 per …

Lakes affected by acid mine drainage (AMD) or acid rain often contain elevated
concentrations of ammonium, which threatens water quality. It is commonly assumed that …

The broad objective of this research was to determine the environmental drivers of
macroinvertebrate and microbial assemblages in acidic pit lakes. This is important because …

Breach and subsequent decant of an acidic brackish pit lake in the Collie Coal region in
south-western Australia occurred during flooding of a pre-mining diverted eutrophic river …