Mine Wastes: Characterization, Treatment and Environmental Impacts

This book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores. The book emphasizes...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lottermoser, Bernd (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Subjects:
Online Access:BTU01
Volltext
Summary:This book provides a thorough, up-to-date overview of wastes accumulating at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with sulfidic mine wastes, mine water, tailings, cyanidation wastes of gold-silver ores, radioactive wastes of uranium ores, and wastes of phosphate and potash ores. The book emphasizes the characterization, prediction, monitoring, disposal and treatment as well as environmental impacts of problematic mine wastes. The strong pedagogical framework is supported by case studies from around the world, end-of-chapter summaries as well as lists of resource materials and www sites for each waste type
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 279 p)
ISBN:9783662051337
DOI:10.1007/978-3-662-05133-7

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text