Application of risk management techniques for the remediation of an old mining site in Greece

Panagopoulos, I.; Karayannis, Athanassios; Adam, Kenneth R.; Aravossis, Konstantinos

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.017

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“…Apart from that abandoned mines are the same as active mines in terms of types of hazard and potential impact on the environment, their major problems are uncertainty in information and lack of control. Direct exposure to acid mine drainage (AMD) and sediments discharged from abandoned metal mines poses a serious hazard to aquatic biota and to humans (Peplow and Edmonds, 2005;Panagopoulos et al, 2009;Lei et al, 2010;Sarmiento et al, 2011). Younger et al (2002) estimated that about 1,000 to 1,500 km of watercourses are polluted by metal mine discharges in the EU (estimate is for the former EU 15).…”

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Preliminary Contamination Risk Assessment of Mining Waste Using Spatial Analysis and Geochemical Characterization of Rock Formations. Case Study in Hungary

Abdelaal¹

2014

Journal of Environmental Geography

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The Mine Waste Directive (2006/21/EC) requires the risk-based inventory of all mine waste sites in Europe. The geochemical documentation concerning inert classification and ranking of the mine wastes requires specific field study and laboratory testing and analyses of waste material to assess the Acid Mine Drainage potential and toxic element mobility. The procedure applied in this study used a multi-level decision support scheme for the inert classification of waste rock material including: 1) expert judgment, 2) data review, 3) representative field sampling and laboratory analysis and testing of rock formations listed in the National Inert Mining Waste List, and 4) requesting available laboratory analysis data from selected operating mines. Based on a preliminary expert judgment, the listed formations were classified into three categories. A: inert B: probably inert, but has to be checked, C: probably not inert, has to be examined. This paper discusses the heavy metal contamination risk assessment (RA) in the Hungarian quarrymine waste sites. In total 30 waste sites (including both abandoned mines and active quarries) were selected for scientific testing using the EU Pre-selection Protocol. Altogether 93 field samples were collected from the waste sites including andesite, rhyolite, coal (lignite and black coals), peat, alginite, bauxite, clay and limestone. Laboratory analyses of the total toxic element content (aqua regia extraction), the mobile toxic element content (deionized water leaching) carried out according to the Hungarian GKM Decree No. 14/2008. (IV.3) concerning mining waste management. A detailed geochemical study together with spatial analysis and GIS were performed to derive a geochemically sound contamination RA of the mine waste sites. Key parameters such as heavy metals, in addition to the landscape metric parameter such as the distance to the nearest surface and ground water bodies, or to sensitive receptors such as settlements and protected areas calculated and statistically evaluated in order to calibrate the RA methods. Results show that some of the waste rock materials, assumed to be inert, were found non-inert. Thus, regional RA needs more spatial and petrological examination with special care to rock and mineral deposit genetics.

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Preliminary Contamination Risk Assessment of Mining Waste Using Spatial Analysis and Geochemical Characterization of Rock Formations. Case Study in Hungary

Abdelaal¹

2014

Journal of Environmental Geography

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“…Horvath and Gruiz 1996;Sommer et al 2003;Hansen et al 2008;Bagur et al 2009;Zobrist et al 2009;González et al 2011), and risk assessment of mining sites (e.g. Komnitsas et al 1998;Arquette et al 2002;Passariello et al 2002;Veliciu and Stratulat 2004;Rapant et al 2006; Komnitsas and Modis 2006;Lim et al 2008;Panagopoulos et al 2009;Broadhurst and Petrie 2010;Luo et al 2010;Moreno-Jiménez et al 2011;Yenilmez et al 2011). Also, many spatial methods for environmental RA have been developed (e.g.…”

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“…Horvath and Gruiz 1996;Panagopoulos et al 2009;González et al 2011). Impact analysis, modelling and prediction results reported in the environmental impact statement (EIS) should describe impact mitigation alternatives for the mining project, as well (e.g.…”

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“…Apart from that abandoned mines are the same as active mines in terms of types of hazard and potential impact on the environment; their major problems are uncertainty in information and lack of control. Direct exposure to acid mine drainage (AMD) and sediments discharged from abandoned metal mines poses a serious hazard to aquatic biota and to humans (Peplow and Edmonds 2005;Panagopoulos et al 2009;Lei et al 2010;Sarmiento et al 2011). …”

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“…Thus, remediation of mine sites, including abandoned mines, has to consider long-term solutions and remediation technologies have to be sustainable for a long time (Sinding 1999;Panagopoulos et al 2009). Younger et al (2002) estimated that about 1,000 to 1,500 km of watercourses are polluted by metal mine discharges in the European Union (estimate is for the former EU 15).…”

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Polluting mine accidents and widespread environmental contamination associated with historic mining in Europe and elsewhere has triggered the improvement of related environmental legislation and of the environmental assessment and management methods for the mining industry. Mining has some unique features such as natural background pollution associated with natural mineral deposits, industrial activities and contamination located in the three-dimensional sub-surface space, the problem of long-term remediation after mine closure, problem of secondary contaminated areas around mine sites and abandoned mines in historic regions like Europe. These mining-specific problems require special tools to address the complexity of the environmental problems of mining-related contamination. The objective of this paper is to review and evaluate some of the decision support methods that have been developed and applied to mining contamination. In this paper, only those methods that are both efficient decision support tools and provide a 'holistic' approach to the complex problem as well are considered. These tools are (1) landscape ecology, (2) industrial ecology, (3) landscape geochemistry, (4) geo-environmental models, (5) environmental impact assessment, (6) environmental risk assessment, (7) material flow analysis and (8) life cycle assessment. This unique inter-disciplinary study should enable both the researcher and the practitioner to obtain broad view on the state-of-the-art of decision support methods for the environmental assessment of contamination at mine sites. Documented examples and abundant references are also provided.

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Application of risk management techniques for the remediation of an old mining site in Greece

Cited by 17 publications

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Preliminary Contamination Risk Assessment of Mining Waste Using Spatial Analysis and Geochemical Characterization of Rock Formations. Case Study in Hungary

Preliminary Contamination Risk Assessment of Mining Waste Using Spatial Analysis and Geochemical Characterization of Rock Formations. Case Study in Hungary

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