Mining and environment

Mayer K. U., Benner S. G., and Blowes D. W. (1999) The reactive transport model MIN3P application to acid-mine drainage generation and treatment—Nickel Rim mine site, Sudbury, Ontario. In Mining and Environment 1 (eds. D. Goldsack, N. Bezlie, P. Yearwood, and G. Hall). Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, pp. 145-154. 

State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, PR China, Laboratory of Advanced Power Sources, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun, PR China, Energy, Mining and Environment, National Research Council of Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada... 

Energy, Mining and Environment National Research Council of Canada Vancouver, BC Canada... 

M. J. Cmickshank, in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Minerals and the Environment, Vol. 18, paper No. 20, Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, 1974. 

Corrosion Resistance. Titanium is immune to corrosion in all naturally occurring environments. It does not corrode in air, even if polluted or moist with ocean spray. It does not corrode in soil and even the deep salt-mine-type environments where nuclear waste might be buried. It does not corrode in any naturally occurring water and most industrial wastewater streams. For these reasons, titanium has been termed the metal for the earth, and 20—30% of consumption is used in corrosion-resistance appHcations (see Corrosion and corrosion inhibitors). 

Besser JM, Brumbaugh WG, May TW, Schmitt CJ (2007) Biomonitoring of lead, zinc, and cadmium in streams draining lead-mining and non-mining areas. Southeast Missouri, USA. Environ Monit Assess 129 227... 

Cadmium is an extremely toxic metal that finds its way into the aqueous environment as a result of some human activities. A major cause of cadmium pollution is zinc mining and processing, because natural deposits of ZnS ores usually also contain CdS. During the processing of these ores, highly insoluble cadmium sulfide ( sp = 7.9 X 10 ) maybe converted into considerably less insoluble cadmium hydroxide (.E p — 7.2 X 10" ). What mass of Cd (OH)2 will dissolve in l.OOx lO L of an aqueous solution ... 

Takahashi, M. Ishiyama, T. and Mizuta, T. (1998) Structure and environment of formation of the Hosen No. 5 and Ryosen No. 5 gold-quartz veins, Hishikari mine. Japan. Rep. Inst. Appl. Earth Sci. Dep. Geosci. Akita U., 63, 55-72 (in Japanese with English abst.). 

Dust created by mining and milling activities blown by the wind from ore stockpiles is a potential source of environmental contamination. The watering of stockpiles or erection of enclosures is resorted to when necessary in order to prevent the spread of dust. Where ventilation systems collect significant amounts of uranium dust in mills, scrubbers are used to remove the dust from the air before it is discharged to the environment. 

Waste water from a number of sources in mining and milling operations, which cannot be re-used, must be treated before discharge to the environment. Standards have been established for the maximum permissible concentrations of specific contaminants in the discharged water. 

Joseph A. Pratt. Letting the Grandchildren Do It Environmental Planning during the Ascent of Oil as a Major Energy Source. The Public Historian. 2 (Summer 1980) 28-61. Source for Bureau of Mines studies of automotive exhaust, water pollution, and sulfur-rich petroleum and environment to be monitored by voluntary self-regulation, not legislation. 

Chiaradia M, Gulson BL, MacDonald K. 1997. Contamination of houses by workers occupationally exposed in a lead-zinc-copper mine and impact on blood lead concentrations in the families. Occup Environ Med 54(2) 117-124. 

Laurinolli, M. and L.I. Bendell-Young. 1996. Copper, zinc and cadmium concentrations in Peromyscus maniculatus sampled near an abandoned copper mine. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 30 481-486. 

Blus, L.J., C.J. Henny, D.J. Hoffman, and R.A. Grove. 1991. Lead toxicosis in tundra swans near a mining and smelting complex in northern Idaho. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 21 549-555. 

Schmitt, C.J. and S.E. Finger. 1987. The effects of sample preparation on measured concentrations of eight elements in edible tissues of fish from streams contaminated by lead mining. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 16 185-207. 

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