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Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability
(2004-08-01)
The legacy of mining activities has typically been land 'returned to wildlife', or, at some sites, degraded to such an extent that it is unsuitable for any alternate use. Progress towards sustainability is made when value ...
Transforming open mining pits into fish farms: Moving towards sustainability
(2004-08-01)
The legacy of mining activities has typically been land 'returned to wildlife', or, at some sites, degraded to such an extent that it is unsuitable for any alternate use. Progress towards sustainability is made when value ...
Mercury dispersal to arroyo and coastal sediments from abandoned copper mine operations, El Boléo, Baja California
(Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2009)
Evidence for mercury dispersal in an arid coastal region of central Baja California (Mexico) suggests that abandoned copper mining operations are a noticeable source of mercury in the environment. There is a generally ...
Influence of extremophiles on the generation of acid mine drainage at the abandoned pan de azúcar mine (Argentina)
(MDPI AG, 2021-01-29)
The risk of generation of acid drainages in the tailings of the Pan de Azúcar mine that closed its activities more than three decades ago, was evaluated through biooxidation studies using iron-and sulfur-oxidizing extremophilic ...
Soil physicochemical factors as environmental filters for spontaneous plant colonization of abandoned tailing dumps
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
© 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Abandoned tailing dumps (ATDs) offer an opportunity to identify the main physicochemical filters that determine colonization of vegetation in solid mine wastes. The current study ...
Reforestation with four native tree species after abandoned gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon
(Elsevier, 2015)
Global demand for gold has led to a massive increase in mining activity around the world. During the last decade, gold mining grew significantly in the Amazon becoming a major driver for land degradation and heavy metal ...