Mine Wastes (eBook)

Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts

Bernd Lottermoser (Autor)

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2007 | 2nd ed. 2007
XIV, 304 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-48630-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book provides comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the accumulation of wastes at mine, including sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores. The updated second edition includes new case studies; presents crucial aspects of mine wastes as scientific issues; reflects major developments and contemporary issues in mine waste science; additional figures; and an updated reference list.

Inhalt

Preface 5
Contents 7
Glossary 12
Introduction to Mine Wastes 14
Scope of the Book 14
Definitions 16
Mine Waste Production 22
Mine Wastes: Unwanted By-Products or Valuable Resources? 24
Mining and Environmental Impacts 26
Rehabilitation of Mine Wastes and Mine Sites 39
Sources of Information 42
Summary 42
Sulfidic Mine Wastes 46
Introduction 46
Weathering of Sulfidic Mine Wastes 46
Acid Producing Reactions 47
Acid Buffering Reactions 58
Coal Mine Wastes 64
Spontaneous Combustion of Pyritic Wastes 65
Formation and Dissolution of Secondary Minerals 67
Acid Generation Prediction 75
Monitoring Sulfidic Wastes 85
Environmental Impacts 86
Control of Sulfide Oxidation 87
Summary 100
Mine Water 103
Introduction 103
Sources of AMD 105
Characterization 107
Classification 109
Processes 113
Prediction of Mine Water Composition 132
Field Indicators of AMD 134
Monitoring AMD 134
AMD from Sulfidic Waste Rock Dumps 138
Environmental Impacts of AMD 144
AMD Management Strategies 147
Treatment of AMD 148
Summary 162
Tailings 165
Introduction 165
Tailings Characteristics 166
Tailings Dams 169
Thickened Discharge and Paste Technologies 183
Backfilling 184
Riverine and Lacustrine Disposal 185
Marine Disposal 187
Recycling 190
Summary 190
Cyanidation Wastes of Gold-Silver Ores 194
Introduction 194
Occurrences and Uses of Cyanide 194
Cyanide Chemistry 195
Gold Extraction 198
Hydrometallurgical Wastes 200
Cyanide Analysis and Monitoring 201
Environmental Impacts 202
Cyanide Destruction 204
Summary 209
Radioactive Wastes of Uranium Ores 211
Introduction 211
Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Uranium 211
Aqueous Chemistry of Uranium 213
Radioactivity 216
Uranium Mining and Extraction 223
Mining, Processing and Hydrometallurgical Wastes 227
Tailings 229
Mine Water 237
Monitoring 240
Radiation Hazards 241
Environmental Impacts 245
Summary 251
Wastes of Phosphate and Potash Ores 254
Introduction 254
Potash Mine Wastes 254
Phosphate Mine Wastes 256
Summary 272
References 274
Subject Index 305

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.8.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 304 p. 70 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Applied earth science • Environmental Management • hydrogeology • Mineral Resources • mine site pollution • radioactive waste • terrestrial pollution • waste management
• ISBN-10: 3-540-48630-5 / 3540486305
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-48630-5 / 9783540486305