Sustainable development principles for the disposal of mining and mineral processing wastes

Franks, Daniel M.; Boger, David V.; Côte, Claire M.; Mulligan, D. R.

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.12.001

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“…The internal structure of the dump has a major impact on the local environment and ground water as a result of acid mine drainage (AMD) from the metal sulphides present in the waste dump (Naicker et al 2003;Franks et al 2011;Broda et al 2015). Waste rock dumps occupy large areas and are of environmental concern because of the AMD (Franks et al 2011;Likus-Cieślik E. S. Festin et al et al 2017). Some waste rock is stored within tailings dams to prevent AMD (Rankin 2011).…”

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“…Topsoil can be excavated to depths of 30 m or deeper (Carrick and Krüger 2007), and the removed topsoil is either stored in dumps surrounding the mine operations (Franks et al 2011), stored at the mine site for use in reclamation, or it is used elsewhere (Sheoran et al 2010). Storing the soil at the mine site may lead to a loss of organic carbon due to exposure to heat, drying, and, in some cases, freezing-thawing, as well as reduced nutrient cycling (Mensah 2015), and lower inputs of nutrients (Gathuru 2011).…”

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Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

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Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result, the recent 2 decades have witnessed a global surge in research on post-mining landscape restoration, yielding a suite of techniques including physical, chemical, biological (also known as phytoremediation) and combinations. Despite the long history of mining in Africa, no systematic review has summarized advances in restoration research and practices after mining disturbance. Thus, the aim of this review was to document the state-of-knowledge and identify gaps in restoration of postmining landscape in Africa through literature review. We found that: (1) there has been substantial progress in identifying species suitable for phytoremediation; (2) few studies evaluated the feasibility of organic amendments to promote autochthonous colonization of mine wastelands or growth of planted species; and (3) restoration of limestone quarries in Kenya, sand mining tailings in South Africa, and gold mine wasteland in Ghana are successful cases of large-scale post-mining restoration practices in Africa. However, the pace of post-mining landscape restoration research and practice in Africa is sluggish compared to other parts of the global south. We recommend: (1) mainstreaming the restoration of mine wastelands in national research strategies and increased development planning to make the mining sector ''Green''; (2) inventory of the number, area, and current status of abandoned mine lands; (3) expanding the pool of candidate species for phytostabilization; (4) further evaluating the phytostabilization potential of organic amendments, e.g., biochar; (5) assessing the impacts of mining on regional biodiversity.

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Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

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“…In 2014 some of the highest production of nickel from lateritic ores (both mining and smelting) occurred on small island nations in SEAM including the Philippines (26%), Indonesia (14%) and New Caledonia (10%) (U.S. Geological Survey 2015). Metal contaminants can be introduced into the aquatic environment through tailings spills, dam seepage or direct discharge (Franks et al 2011;Reichelt-Brushett 2012). Environmental impacts may occur through direct exposure to nickel, as well as co-existing metals (such as manganese, cobalt and chromium), and anions (such as sulfate and chloride).…”

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A review of nickel toxicity to marine and estuarine tropical biota with particular reference to the South East Asian and Melanesian region

Gissi

Stauber

Binet

et al. 2016

Environmental Pollution

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. (2016). A review of nickel toxicity to marine and estuarine tropical biota with particular reference to the South East Asian and Melanesian region. Environmental Pollution, 218 1308Pollution, 218 -1323 A review of nickel toxicity to marine and estuarine tropical biota with particular reference to the South East Asian and Melanesian region AbstractThe South East Asian Melanesian (SEAM) region contains the world's largest deposits of nickel lateritic ores. Environmental impacts may occur if mining operations are not adequately managed. Effects data for tropical ecosystems are required to assess risks of contaminant exposure and to derive water quality guidelines (WQG) to manage these risks. Currently, risk assessment tools and WQGs for the tropics are limited due to the sparse research on how contaminants impact tropical biota. As part of a larger project to develop appropriate risk assessment tools to ensure sustainable nickel production in SEAM, nickel effects data were required. The aim of this review was to compile data on the effects of nickel on tropical marine, estuarine, pelagic and benthic species, with a particular focus on SEAM. There were limited high quality chronic nickel toxicity data for tropical marine species, and even fewer for those relevant to SEAM. Of the data available, the most sensitive SEAM species to nickel were a sea urchin, copepod and anemone. There is a significant lack of high quality chronic data for several ecologically important taxonomic groups including cnidarians, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, macroalgae and fish. No high quality chronic nickel toxicity data were available for estuarine waters or marine and estuarine sediments. The very sparse toxicity data for tropical species limits our ability to conduct robust ecological risk assessment and may require additional data generation or readacross from similar species in other databases (e.g. temperate) to fill data gaps. Recommendations on testing priorities to fill these data gaps are presented. Capsule abstractNickel toxicity data is lacking for tropical marine biota; data is required for key taxa including cnidarians, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, macroalgae and fish. HighlightsSouth East Asia and Melanesia contains the largest deposits of nickel lateritic ores Environmental impacts may occur if mining operations are not adequately managed Risk assessment tools for nickel in the tropics are limited due to lack of data We compiled nickel data for aquatic tropical ecosystems and identified key gaps Nickel data is required for corals, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms, macroalgae, fish KeywordsMining, tropical ecotoxicology, ecological risk assessment, bioassay, species sensitivity distribution. 2 AbstractThe South East Asian Melanesian (SEAM) region contains the world's largest deposits of nickel lateritic ores. Environmental impacts may occur if mining operations are not adequately managed. Effects data for tropical ecosystems are required to assess risks of contaminant exposure and to derive water quality ...

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“…More opportunities of reducing or eliminating the risks can be obtained in the design phase of mining technique [18]. According to the sustainable development concept, the treatment and disposal of mining and mineral processing waste must be inert, stable, controllable, improvable and suitable to local characteristics [19]. Following this principle, traditional tailings storage facilities are designed with barrier systems including a vertical drainage system, a compound liner system, a fluid collection system and a caps system.…”

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Improvement of Traditional Mining Tailings Storage Facilities

Wang¹,

Zhao²,

Li³

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT:Traditional mining tailings storage facilities may generate calamities and contaminants that cause the infiltration of tailings dam and even lead to dam failures. In view of this, new tailings storage facilities are designed in this paper by combining traditional tailings storage facilities with barrier systems including a vertical drainage system, a compound liner system, a fluid collection system and a caps system. With the vertical drainage system, water in contact with tailings can be transported into the fluid collection system. With the compound liner system, fluid can find a waterproof environment, which prevents the contamination of the environment such as surface water, groundwater, soil and food chain. With the fluid collection system, water in contact with tailings and fluid can be collected and removed to wastewater treatment plants, thus avoiding dam failure and aMD generation caused by the reaction of iron sulphides with water and oxygen.

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Sustainable development principles for the disposal of mining and mineral processing wastes

Cited by 270 publications

References 28 publications

Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

Progresses in restoration of post-mining landscape in Africa

A review of nickel toxicity to marine and estuarine tropical biota with particular reference to the South East Asian and Melanesian region

Improvement of Traditional Mining Tailings Storage Facilities

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