Mine Wastes Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts /

• Main Author: Lottermoser, Bernd (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Mineral resources.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Waste management.; Environmental pollution.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Terrestrial Pollution.; Mineral Resources.; Waste Management/Waste Technology.

This book is not designed to be an exhaustive work on mine wastes. It aims to serve undergraduate students who wish to gain an overview and an understanding of wastes produced in the mineral industry. An introductory textbook addressing the science of such wastes is not available to students despite...

Table of Contents:

• to Mine Wastes
• Sulfidic Mine Wastes
• Mine Water
• Tailings
• Cyanidation Wastes of Gold-Silver Ores
• Radioactive Wastes of Uranium Ores
• Wastes of Phosphate and Potash Ores.