Environmental Management of Mineral Wastes

ISBN-13: 9789400999190 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 378 str.

G. T. Goodman;M.J. Chadwick

Opis

G. T. Goodman and M. J. Chadwick With the increasing pressure worldwide on mineral and fossil fuel resources, there is a growing awareness of the need to utilize all available workable deposits as thoroughly and effic iently as possible. This inevitably means disturbance, often of high quality environments. Adverse environmental impacts on land, water and air, and frequently to human health and biological resources, have been taking place for many years in different parts of the world. In total cycle of mineral extraction, trans portation use and disposal involves all compartments of the biosphere. The need to minimise these impacts by wise environ mental management has never been more important than it is today. There is great interest, therefore, in pooling our understanding of the scientific processes involved and our technical capability of dealing with these problems. Scientists and engineers who are expert in handling differ ent types of mineral process have much to learn from one another particularly when codes of practice from different countries in the field of land reclamation are compared. In order to illust rate the scientific and technical expertise required in the necessary detail it was deemed essential in this Advanced Study Institute to concentrate on specific case studies utilizing a range of actual sites. The examples of Coal, China Clay and Non ferrous Metals were chosen as displayed in the United Kingdom and Germany."

Spis treści

Approaches to Land Reclamation in Britain and North America.- Environmental Management Through Planning — the West German Experience in the Ruhr.- The Re-establishment and Maintenance of Open Countryside in the Ruhr Region of the Federal Republic of Germany.- Coal Waste Management.- Coal Waste Management — Identification of Problems.- The Disposal of Coal Mine Spoil in the United Kingdom.- Reclamation of Coal Mined Land in the United States as Compared with the Ruhr.- Acidity and Nutrient Availability in Colliery Spoil.- Depositional Environment of Carboniferous Sediments — A Predictor of Coal Mine Problems.- Aluminium and Manganese Toxicities in Acid Coal Mine Wastes.- On the Choice of Sowing Depth for Broom (Sarothamnus scoparius Wimm.).- China Clay Waste Management.- China Clay Waste Management — Identification of Problems.- China (Kaolin) Clays: Mining and Reclamation.- The Nitrogen Problem in Derelict Land Reclamation with Special Reference to the British China Clay Industry.- River Pollution by China Clay Waste and Other Solids in Suspension.- Disposal of Solid Waste in the Marine Environment with Particular Reference to the China Clay Industry.- Management of Heavy Metal Wastes.- Management of Heavy Metal Wastes — Identification of Problems.- The Origin and Exploitation of Non-Ferrous Metals.- A Simple Technique for the Monitoring of Airborne Heavy Metals Prior to Revegetation.- Heavy Metals in Relation to Plant Growth on Mine and Mill Wastes.- The Value of Heavy Metal Tolerance in the Revegetation of Metalliferous Mine Wastes.- Problems of Grassland Maintenance on Metalliferous Smelter Wastes.