Mine wastes and water, ecological engineering and metals extraction : sustainability and circular economy / Margarete Kalin-Seidenfaden, William N. Wheeler, editors.
2022
TD899.M47 M56 2022
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Title
Mine wastes and water, ecological engineering and metals extraction : sustainability and circular economy / Margarete Kalin-Seidenfaden, William N. Wheeler, editors.
ISBN
9783030846510 (electronic bk.)
3030846512 (electronic bk.)
9783030846503
3030846504
3030846512 (electronic bk.)
9783030846503
3030846504
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-84651-0 doi
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TD899.M47 M56 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
622.028/6
Summary
The book reviews past and present mine waste management processes. It estimates global water consumption by major mining resources per annum. This consumption will lead land use resources (agriculture and water) to collide with mining interests expected in the near future. With the application of novel metal extraction processes and the adoption of ecological engineering as an approach to waste and water management, a reduction in water and land consumption can be achieved. Using these methodologies would make mining more sustainable. Together with ore and metal recycling, mining methods can be brought into the 21st century. The book describes natural weathering processes and the microbiology of extreme environments, also known as mine sites. The role of microbes in weathering and remediation is emphasized, along with case studies of the enhancement of various ecological processes which curtail weathering and transform pollutants, creating ore bodies of the future. This book has been written as an extension to a contribution to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. It adds depth and many examples from 40 years of multidisciplinary work with experts from geology, hydrogeology, geomicrobiology and algal physiology and chemistry, items too extensive for the Encyclopedia.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Weathering
2. Dimensions of Global Mining Waste Generation and Water Use
3. Toward a Sustainable Metals Extraction Technology
4. Waste Management: A brief history and the present state
5. Constructed wetlands and the ecology of extreme ecosystems
6. Ecological Engineering Tools in Extreme Ecosystems
7. Biological Polishing Tool: Element Removal in the Water Column
8. The biofilm generation tool and sulphate oxidation
9. R&D Field Applications
10. The Way forward.
2. Dimensions of Global Mining Waste Generation and Water Use
3. Toward a Sustainable Metals Extraction Technology
4. Waste Management: A brief history and the present state
5. Constructed wetlands and the ecology of extreme ecosystems
6. Ecological Engineering Tools in Extreme Ecosystems
7. Biological Polishing Tool: Element Removal in the Water Column
8. The biofilm generation tool and sulphate oxidation
9. R&D Field Applications
10. The Way forward.