Towards a Sustainable Management of Mine Wastes: Reprocessing, Reuse, Revalorization and Repository

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: History of engineering and technology; acid mine drainage; alkaline amendments; AMR processing; anthropogenic mineral resources (AMR); aquatic systems; attenuation mechanisms; Bayer red mud; bibliometric analysis; cemented paste backfill; cementitious amendments; chemical species; circular economy; concrete composite admixtures; contaminant; copper tailings dump; core scanner; desulfurization; dump leaching; economic potential; environmental damage; environmental mineralogy; exploration; flotation; flow behavior; geochemical behavior; geographical information systems; gold reprocessing; gravity separation; heap leaching; historic tailings; hydrotalcite-like compounds; industrial ecology; iron ore tailings; iron recovery; Joutel mine; kinetic test; kinetic testing; leaching; LIBS; long-term storage; loss and lost profits; low-grade silver ores; magnesium oxide; management; metals; microstructure; mine drainage; mine tailings; mine waste; mineralogical characterization; mining and mineral processing waste (MMPW); mining waste; mixing; mobility; multivariate analysis; n/a; paste pH; pH; reaction kinetics; recovering alkali; remediation; reuse; rheology; siderite; silver; soil washing; spatial mapping; stamp mill; sulfides; supergene processes; sustainability; sustainable development; sustainable resource management; systematic review; tailings; tailings management; valorisation; Zgounder mine
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• ISBN: 9783039281749; 9783039281756; books978-3-03928-175-6
• Access: Open Access

The need for efficient and sustainable management methods of mine waste is continuously growing all around the world. These waste products often present serious management problems due to their more or less significant amounts and possible environmental threats. This Special Issue highlights the recent and new trends in sustainable mine waste management techniques. Currently, it is essential to sustainably manage mine waste, considering social, economic, environmental and technical aspects. In this Special Issue, insights related to the following issues are highlighted: the problems around mine waste, the fine characterization of mine waste, the latest available technical and environmental solutions to efficiently manage mine waste, including treatment and processing before disposal and high value element recovery, with the view of moving towards defining effective, low-cost and ecofriendly methods, the recycling of mine waste products as alternative resources in different sectors, and finally laboratory, pilot and/or industrial-scale studies related to these topics of research. Scientists and industry and governance stakeholders have to face these new challenges to find the best management practices for the future.