Derelict Mines: Environmental Risk Assessment and Management

ISBN-13: 9781138306622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 500 str.

Mawson Lakes) Ravi Naidu (University of South Australia

Opis

Mine areas left behind by companies that no longer exist are defined as derelict mines- those that were operated and closed at a time when most countries did not have adequate regulations requiring rehabilitation of the impacted mine areas. This new book provides unique information on the extent and severity of derelict mines' impact on environmental degradation and human and environmental health. It examines the nature of derelict mines, short- and long-term risks to sensitive receptors, tools for monitoring and prioritizing risks, and technological advances for rehabilitation. This book considers a risk-based approach to managing derelict mines, which is both reliable and cost effective.

Spis treści

Introduction. Perspectives on The Minerals Industry: Building Sustainable National Economies. Risk Based Land Management in The Mining Sector. Minerals Industry: Risks, Impacts and Managing Derelict Mines. Application of Risk Based Management Strategy to Derelict Mines. Risk and Reputation Management Matters Associated with The Risk Communication Management of Derelict Mine. Sustainable Mine Rehabilitation: Resolving the Technical Issues. Managing Mining Impacts- International Perspectives. Managing Orphaned and Abandoned Mines- The Canadian Perspectives. Abandoned and Derelict Mines of The Witwatersrand: Reclamation, Restoration and Reparations in South Africa. Derelict Mine Management in China-Opportunities and Challenges. Cleaning Up Centuries of Pollution: The UK Approach to Managing Abandoned Mines. Abandoned Mine Land Management in The United States: A 25 -Year Perspective at The Bureau of Land Management. Abandoned Mines in India: A Major Challenge to Minerals Industry Sector for Management, Closure and Release. Abandoned Mines in Papua New Guinea- A National Problem Not Its Own Making. Abandoned Mines in Indonesia- Will These Ever Be Rehabilitated. Managing Derelict Mines: Australian Perspectives. Overview of Derelict Mines in New South Wales, Australia. Managing Mining Legacies in The Northern Territory. An Overview of The Queensland Abandoned Mines Program. Abandoned Mines in South Australia. Mine Closure in Western Australia. The Brukunga Mine Site (SA) And Lessons of A Long-Term Remediation Strategy. Woodsreef Asbestos Mine Major Rehabilitation. Mount Morgan Mine Site, Queensland: Long-Term Site Management. Redbank Copper Mine-Case Study for Closure. Understanding Community Perspectives. Derelict Mines: Ownership Past Present and Future. A Portfolio of Rehabilitation and Remediation Experience in Minerals Australia. Managing Rehabilitation and Closure to Avoid Derelict Mines. Conclusion.

O autorze

Professor Ravi Naidu is the chief executive and managing director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment. He has been a research scientist in the fields of environmental contaminants, toxicology, bioavailability and remediation for over 25 years. He has co-authored over 500 technical publications and co-edited 10 books in the field of soil and environmental sciences including field remediation of contaminated sites. Since 1994 Ravi has worked with scientists from USA, Europe and Asia on environmental contamination, including recent arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, India and China. Ravi was awarded a Gold Medal in environmental science in 1998 by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, elected as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America in 2000 and also a Fellow of Soil Science Society of New Zealand in 2004. In 2012 Ravi was chosen as a winner of the Soil Science Society of America's International Soil Science Award, and in 2013 was elected a Fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is Chair of the International Committee on Bioavailability and Risk Assessment and a sitting member of the Victorian EPA Contaminated Sites Auditor Panel. He has also been Chair of the Standards Australia Technical Committee on Sampling and Analyses of Contaminated Soils (1999–2000), Chair of the International Union of Soil Sciences Commission for Soil Degradation Control,  Remediation and Reclamation (2002–10), and President of the International Society on Trace Element Biogeochemistry (2005–07).