Disproportionate Water Quality Impacts from the Century-Old Nautanen Copper Mines, Northern Sweden

Pollution from small historical mining sites is usually overlooked, in contrast to larger ones. Especially in the Arctic, knowledge gaps remain regarding the long-term mine waste impacts, such as metal leakage, on water quality. We study the small copper (Cu) mines of Nautanen, northern Sweden, whic...

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Main Authors: Sandra Fischer, Gunhild Rosqvist, Sergey R. Chalov, Jerker Jarsjö
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1394