The Content of As and Heavy Metals in TSP and PM10 Near Copper Smelter in Bor, Serbia

Tasić, Viša; Kovačević, Renata; Maluckov, Biljana S.; Trujic, T. Apostolovski; Matic, Branislava; Cocic, Mira; Steharnik, Mirjana M.

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“…Sampling points TF, TP, and JP are at the dominant wind directions relative to the copper smelter whilst sampling point IN is not, meaning that IN site is least impacted by waste gasses emissions from the copper smelter facilities [1,9]. Annual SO2 levels and number of days with SO2 concentrations above daily limit value are shown in Table 1.…”

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“…The Municipality of Bor is located in Europe on the Balkan Peninsula in the east of the Republic of Serbia. With about 50000 inhabitants in urban and rural settlements, the Municipality of Bor has been the major centre of copper and other precious metals mining and processing for more than a century [1].…”

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“…These particles penetrate deeply into sensitive parts of the lungs and can cause or worsen respiratory diseases, such as emphysema and bronchitis, and can aggravate existing heart disease, leading to increased hospital admissions and premature death. That is the main reason why the impact of SO2 from the copper smelter in Bor has been the subject of many studies [1][2][3][4][5][6]. According to national legislation [7], to protect human health, the allowed daily concentration for SO2 is set to 125 µg/m 3 , and may not be exceeded more than 3 times in one calendar year.…”

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So2 Concentrations in Bor, Serbia, in the Period 2011-2020

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In this paper, the analysis of SO2 concentrations in the Bor town (Serbia) is presented for the period 2011-2020. The results of measurements from the period of operation of the old copper smelter (2011-2015) were compared with the results of measurements during the period of operation of the new copper smelter (2016-2020). As a result of changes in the copper smelting technology and the better treatment of waste gases in the smelter, on average, the level of SO2 was reduced by 67% in the period 2016-2020 compared with the SO2 level in the period 2011-2015. The presence of a weak (r<0.4) Pearson correlation between the SO2 levels among the sampling points were determined in both periods of observation.

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So2 Concentrations in Bor, Serbia, in the Period 2011-2020

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“…The Pb and Ni content in the TAD did not change significantly during the period 2014-2017. This is because that the waste gas emissions from the Smelter do not contribute to an increase in concentration of these elements to a great extent [3]. •day -1 ) occupies the 47 th position out of 49 positions.…”

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“…It is well known that the primary metal and metalloid constituents of the particulate matter (PM) emitted by the Copper Smelter are Cu and Fe oxides and other elements, such as As, Sb, Pb and Zn [2]. Fugitive emissions from the open pits, ore waste dump, flotation tailing dumps, and copper smelter, together with the emissions from the point sources in the Copper Smelter are the main sources of PM and total atmospheric deposition (TAD) in the Municipality of Bor [3]. In recent years, a bulk deposition has been widely studied with the aim to examine the elemental associations in the TAD with the potential sources of heavy metal contaminants using the Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) model [4,5].…”

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The Impact of a New Copper Smelting Technology on the Total Atmospheric Deposition in Bor, Serbia

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IN). Kao posledica promene tehnologije topljenja i boljeg tretmana otpadnih gasova, pre svega SO 2, na svim posmatranim lokacijama došlo је do promene pH vrednosti UTM, od kiselog (5.8 pH) ka baznom (7.8 pH). Takođe, u periodu rada nove topionice, na svim posmatranim lokacijama uočeno je povećanje sadržaja As u UTM kao i smanjenje sadržaja Cd. Sadržaj Ni i Pb u UTM je neznatno promenjen u posmatranom periodu. Na lokacijama TF i TP u periodu rada stare topionice prekoračena je maksimalno dozvoljena koncentracija UTM od 200 mg•m-2 •dan-1 za godišnji period usrednjavanja. Kao posledica boljeg tretmana otpadnih gasova iz topionice u 2017. godini zabeleženo je samo jedno prekoračenje maksimalno dozvoljene koncentracije UTM od 450 mg•m-2 •dan-1 u mesečnim uzorcima, i to na lokaciji TF. Jedino na ovoj lokaciji je u 2017. godini detektovano i prekoračenje maksimalno dozvoljene koncentracije UTM za godišnji period usrednjavanja. Pored toga, u periodu rada nove topionice, na svim posmatranim lokacijama uočeno je prisustvo veoma jake (r> 0.8) i jake (0.8>r>0.6) Pearson-ove korelacije između teških metala detektovanih u UTM, za razliku od perioda rada stare topionice kada su ove korelacije bile slabije. Ključne reči: ukupne taložne materije; teški metali; topionica bakra The influence of a new smelting technology in the Copper Smelter Bor on the content and chemical composition (As, Cd, Ni, Pb) of the total atmospheric deposition (TAD) in the Bor town urban areas was analyzed in this paper. The results of measurements the TAD in the period 2014-2015 (old smelting technology) were compared with the results for the period 2016-2017 (new smelting technology). The analysis was carried out for three locations in the Bor town (Technical Faculty-TF, Town Park-TP, and Mining and Metallurgy Institute Bor-IN). As a result of changes in the smelting technology and better treatment of waste gases, predominantly SO 2 , the pH values of the TAD have changed at all sampling points from acid (5.8 pH) to base (7.8 pH). The increase in the As content as well as the reduction of Cd content in the TAD was also detected at all sampling points while the Ni and Pb contents in the TAD have been slightly changed in the observed period. At the sampling points of the TF and TP, the maximum permissible concentration of the TAD (200 mg•m-2 •day-1) for the annual averaging period is exceeded, during the old smelter operation. As a result of better treatment of the smelter waste gases in 2017, only one exceeding of the maximum allowed concentration of the TAD (450 mg•m-2 •day-1) in monthly samples was recorded (at the sampling point TF). Only at the TF, the maximum permissible concentration for the annual averaging period is exceeded in 2017. The presence of a very strong (r> 0.8) and strong (0.8 >r>0.6) Pearson correlation between the heavy metals determined in the TAD was observed at all sampling points during the new

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The Content of As and Heavy Metals in TSP and PM10 Near Copper Smelter in Bor, Serbia

Cited by 17 publications

References 26 publications

So2 Concentrations in Bor, Serbia, in the Period 2011-2020

So2 Concentrations in Bor, Serbia, in the Period 2011-2020

The Impact of a New Copper Smelting Technology on the Total Atmospheric Deposition in Bor, Serbia

Biorecovery of nanogold and nanogold compounds from gold-containing ores and industrial wastes

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