Water quality was evaluated in a coal mining area in the city of Figueira, Paraná State, Brazil, where uranium was associated with the coal deposit. Upstream the mine, groundwaters were more acid and some elements and ...

Radionuclides in mineral coal and related rocks are of great concern to the human health, among them the radon gas, as it has been considered the second largest cause of lung cancer by the World Health Organization (WHO). ...

Open coal mining will cause a series of modifications to different lotic environments in Colombia. In this paper we analyzed the case of an open pit coal mine located in the Department of La Guajira, Colombia, focusing on ...

Mining activities can increase the mobility of metals by accelerating the dissolution and leaching of minerals from the rocks and tailing piles to the environment and, consequently, their availability for plants and ...

Mining activities can increase the mobility of metals by accelerating the dissolution and leaching of minerals from the rocks and tailing piles to the environment and, consequently, their availability for plants and ...

Usually, mining activities and their neighborhoods are at odds, with huge losses to the latter, who for lack of other housing options must live right in the area, with dust, sound and vibration problems. Using the data ...

Coal-fired power plants and coal mining are sources of soil and air pollution by radionuclides, as fossil fuels may contain natural levels of toxic and radioactive elements. For the evaluation of air and soil pollution by ...

Coal mining in Chile has grown significantly from virtually nonexistent in the late 1990s to become a profitable business in 2014. This paper explores the consequences of such revival from a post-political environmental ...