Techniques to correct and prevent acid mine drainage: A …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) from mining wastes is one of the current environmental problems in the field of mining pollution that requires most action measures.
Acid mine drainage (AMD) from mining wastes is one of the current environmental problems in the field of mining pollution that requires most action measures.
Water flowing through active or abandoned mine sites can become polluted by the material being mined[1]. By far the most common mine drainage problem is that of acid mine drainage (AMD). Sulfuric acid is produced …
Although mining plays a vital role in the economic development of many countries, devastating environmental repercussions are associated with it. The extraction of mineral resources inevitably …
The principal concern with acid mine drainage is ecological, as it often devastates aquatic life in receiving watercourses. In engineering terms, the high acidity poses heightened risks of corrosion of steel and other materials, thus demanding careful galvanic protection. The high sulfate concentrations pose a risk of rapid weathering of ...
Acid mine drainage induced by the mining industry causes environmental and economic issues. Acid mine drainage contains mainly metals such as Fe, Al, Cu, Ca, Mg, Mn and Zn. Preventing the formation of acid mine drainage has not been found feasible. As a consequence, remediation treatments have been developed during the …
The uncontrolled release of acid mine drainage (AMD) results in the ongoing deterioration of groundwater and surface water, along with harmful impacts on aquatic ecosystems and surrounding habitats. This study employed a bibliometric analysis to examine research activities and trends related to AMD from 1991 to 2021. The …
The oxidation of sulphidic mine wastes and the consequent release of acid mine drainage and acid rock drainage, is one of the main strategic environmental issues facing the mining industry. The production of …
The acid mine drainage (AMD) that is formed can have an impact on physical, chemical, biological, ecological, and socio-economic conditions. AMD has a pH range of 2 to 5 and can result from coal ...
Acid rock drainage sample. The ARD samples used in the weathering tests were generated by percolating distilled-deionized water (DDW) through acidic soil samples collected on a residual soil outcrop derived from phyllite rocks of an abandoned open mining pit, in the vicinities of Ouro Preto MG, Brazil (Fig. 1).According to Moraes (), pyrite (FeS …
Mine drainage is surface water or groundwater that drains from an active or abandoned mine. In some cases, pyrite (an iron sulfide mineral) is exposed and reacts with air and water to form sulfuric acid and dissolved iron. Some or all of this iron can precipitate to form the red, orange, or yellow sediments in the bottom of streams containing mine drainage.
In abandoned open-pit coal mines, surface water and groundwater form acidic waters with high concentrations of metal ions due to chemical interactions with …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) prevention (i.e., source control) is the suppression of sulfide mineral oxidation during mining operations. The available techniques include construction techniques, physical barriers, blending, and passivation techniques. ... Fly ash has gained recent traction as a blending amendment since it is a coal waste, …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) raises a global environmental concern impacting the iron cycle. Although the formation of Fe(III) minerals in AMD-impacted waters has previously been reported to be regulated by biological processes, the role of abiotic processes remains largely unknown. This study first reported that a photochemical …
(Nordstrom et al., 2017;Perez et al., 2016;Simate, 2017). Some of the advantages of sulphides treatment include effective metal removals for most metals, low retention time requirement, and ...
Acid mine drainage (AMD) has been a detrimental by-product of coal mining for many years. At present, acid mine drainage continues to pose a potential problem in some areas, despite improved prediction and prevention techniques. Acid Mine Drainage Research Acid mine drainage (AMD) has been the subject of intensive research since …
Understanding the origin of acid mine drainage (AMD) in a closed mine and groundwater flow system around the mine aids in developing strategies for environmental protection and management. AMD has been continuously collected and neutralized at Osarizawa Mine, Akita Prefecture, Japan, since the mine was closed in …
Further Reading > "Acid Mine Drainage and Effects on Fish Health and Ecology: A Review" (2008) prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service branch in Anchorage, AK. > Environmental studies of mineral deposits in Alaska.USGS (1996) > "Watershed Contamination from Hard Rock Mining" website from USGS > Wikipedia …
An Action Plan for Implementing the AMV (2011) has set out strategies for developing mineral management systems and institutions through which Africa can benefit from its mineral resources, and it is now being implemented by the African Minerals Development Centre which has begun work in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, within the UN Economic …
Ohio's inventory of abandoned mine land problems includes 1,300 miles of streams impacted by acid mine drainage. The Division of Mineral Resources Management supports and assists local efforts aimed at restoring streams to their pre-mining ecological condition and to construct acid mine drainage (AMD) remediation projects that …
Acid mine drainage: The toxic legacy of gold mining in South Africa. by Sara E. Pratt . Thursday, January 5, 2012 ... Although the government is currently focused on reducing inflow into the mine voids and treating the polluted mine water, the Department of Mineral Resources is starting to develop future management strategies to deal with ...
Although acid mine drainage (AMD) is a product of natural processes, human activity frequently makes it worse by physically disturbing the geological environment during mineral exploration. The oxidation of sulphide minerals inside mine wastes and the consequent discharge of oxidation products into nearby groundwater and surface …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) continues to be a concern in coal mining because it reduces surface water and groundwater quality (Verburg et al., 2009) and may perhaps persist for several years. In the U.S. only, AMD pollutes over 20,000 km of streams (Skousen et al., 2019). Blasting and dewatering exposes sulfide minerals, posing threats …
Acid mine drainage happens when the iron sulfides unearthed by mining activity interact with water and air and oxidize. The process creates sulfuric acid, a highly corrosive acid capable of...
yield AMD more than 100 years after closure. An example of an extreme case is a tin mine in England that was mined by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago and it still produces AMD from pyrite oxidation. When the acid-forming materials of a surface or underground mine are completely flooded, the acid production tends to cease.
Also referred to as acid rock drainage (ARD), AMD emanating from mine waste rock, tailings, and mine structures, such as pits and underground workings, is primarily a function of the mineralogy of local rock material and the availability of water …
Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD), acid mine drainage or acid rock drainage, is recognised as a critical global environmental issue, resulting predominantly from the oxidation of pyrite (FeS2) [1,2] "the most abundant sulfide mineral on the earth" [3] through chemical and microbially-mediated reactions with surface water and oxygen.
Acid mine drainage (AMD) poses severe environmental pollution problems due to its high acidity, toxic metals and sulphate content. Current methods to tackle the problem are inadequate and those that work are costly. However, AMD contain the rare earth elements (REEs) which remain very important due to the growing increase in their …
Acid mine/rock drainage (AMD/ARD), effluents with low pH and high concentrations of hazardous and toxic elements generated when sulfide-rich wastes are exposed to the environment, is considered as a serious environmental problem encountered by the mining and mineral processing industries around the world. ... KH 2 PO 4) and …
Among the wastes produced by the mining industry, acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the most hazardous wastes for the environment because of its highly acidic nature and high concentration of heavy metals, which may lead to harmful effects in animals, plants, and humans. Various remediation technologies are available and have been applied to AMD …
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the largest environmental problems faced by mining and mineral industries globally (Akcil and Koldas 2006; Akabzaa et al. 2007).