Arsenic and antimony contamination of waters, stream sediments and soils in the vicinity of abandoned antimony mines in the Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Arsenic attenuation in geothermal streamwater coupled with biogenic arsenic(III) oxidation

“…This rapid biotic As(III) oxidation accelerated the attenuation of As in the Sambe streamwater and significantly controlled the behavior of whole As. Previous studies have also found similar natural attenuation of As in waste streams from mining and smelting sites (Ashley et al, 2003;Fukushi et al, 2003;Hiller et al, 2012). High As concentrations in these cases have been found to arise from the release of As(III) and As(V) by the dissolution of As-bearing ores (e.g., realgar, arsenopyrite, As-rich pyrite, tennantite, energite) (Smedley and Kinniburgh, 2002;Ashley et al, 2003;Fukushi et al, 2003;Hiller et al, 2012).…”

Mobility of antimony, arsenic and lead at a former antimony mine, Glendinning, Scotland

“…For As, water concentrations can be more variable due to local mineralogy, with natural concentrations ranging between 1 and 10 μg L−1 (Jarvie et al, 2000). The values of ~1-1.1 μg L −1 for W1-2 fell within this range whilst that for W3 (~13-20 μg L −1 ) only slightly exceeded the natural concentration range and was much lower than concentrations of ≤283 μg L −1 found downstream of an abandoned Slovakian Sb mine (Hiller et al, 2012). Nevertheless, the water from W4 and W5 exceeded the 50.0 μg L −1 As freshwater Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) (SEPA, 2013).…”

Synthesis of Ce(III)-doped Fe3O4 magnetic particles for efficient removal of antimony from aqueous solution

“…For instance, the higher concentrations of Sb in wastewater and surface water near the Xikuangshan mines, in China, were reported to be 1.33-21.8 mg/L and 0.1-7.0 mg/L, respectively [6]. The concentrations of Sb in several household wells of Slovakia were exceeded the Sb containing drinking water limit as much as 25 times higher than WHO guideline [7]. Therefore, purification of water contaminated by antimony is an urgent issue need to resolve in some areas.…”