Abstract The gold recovery from secondary resources is in the spotlight due to its high economic value and as the circular economy's main objective. As a valuable secondary source, the slag resulted from the gold-bearing electrolytic mud smelting contains up to 0.8–15 k g t−1 Au and 9–13 kg t−1 Ag, respectively. The gravity separation's use to concentrate gold …
The characteristics of eight heavy metals (lead, zinc, copper, nickel, chromium, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) in the surface soil of the historical slag area of the Au ore dressing plant in the …
Another source of gold are slags that are generated during the pyrometallurgical treatment of mineral concentrates, which represent a high percentage of the mining industry residues. In many cases, these slags may contain metals which may be of interest such as Au, Ag y Cu depending on the source ore they come from and on the pre-treatment ...
Slag is a waste product from the pyrometallurgical processing of various ores. Based on over 150 published studies, this paper provides an overview of mineralogical and …
Kiventera et al. (2018) studied the possibility of fixing several heavy metals in gold mine tailings using reactive polymerization technology and experimentally demonstrated the …
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Intensive cyanidation is a good option, but obviously, the material can be sent to the leaching process employed to treat the raw ore. Gold and silver recoveries are between 99.5 to 99.7%. Although slag production weight is variable, a typical operation can generate 10 kilos of slag per 1000 oz of gold.
This study investigated the green process for the utilization of non-radioactive gold tailings and granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) to synthesize a green and sustainable backfill material.
The presence of tailings and slag piles in the vicinity of historical mining sites can give rise to environmental risks for the surrounding soil, water, and air. These hazards primarily …
The mining industry generates vast quantities of mine tailings on an annual basis. However, due to their limited economic value, a significant portion of these tailings are deposited close to mining sites, often underwater. The principal environmental apprehensions associated with mine tailings revolve around their elevated levels of heavy metals and sulfidic minerals. …
The characteristics of eight heavy metals (lead, zinc, copper, nickel, chromium, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) in the surface soil of the historical slag area of the Au ore dressing plant in the South-West of Luoyang City were investigated and evaluated in terms of a pollution index, potential ecological hazards and health risks. The results showed that the …
Heavy metal contamination stemming from lead and zinc mining and processing operations is a prevalent and pressing environmental issue. This review article explores the multifaceted dimensions of this problem, examining the primary sources of contamination, which encompass mining activities, production and processing processes, waste management …
Gold mining and gold amalgamation may lead to heavy metal pollution of the soil environment as the soils are contaminated through wastewater irrigation, atmospheric dust deposition, and the leaching and runoff of tailings and slag. ... Characteristics and Interactions of heavy metals with humic acid in gold mining area soil at an upstream of a ...
Citation: Wang H, Zhang H, Xu R K. Heavy metal pollution characteristics and health evaluation of farmland soil in a gold mine slag area of Luoyang in China. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2021; 14(5): 213–221. 1 Introduction Luoyang City is one of the most important heavy metal mining areas in China, with many high-quality heavy metal mines. The
As the heavy metals (Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, and Pb) contained in the hazardous waste lead smelting slag (LSS) can cause irreversible harm to natural ecosystems, the resourceful utilization of LSS is an urgent requirement for promoting ecologically sustainable development. In this study, multi-solid waste-excited LSS was used to prepare eco-mine …
overburden is the soil, vegetation and rocks that are removed to get to an ore deposit below. spoils is the mining debris and waste Tailings and slag is leftover waste materials separated from the valuable metals or minerals within ore. gangue is the worthless materials that surrounds closely mixed with a wanted material in ore deposit. smelting is the firing process that induces …
The solution strips away the gold and is collected in a pond, then run through an electro-chemical process to extract the gold. This method of producing gold is cost effective but enormously wasteful: 99.99 percent of the heap becomes waste. Gold mining areas are frequently studded with these immense, toxic piles.
The toxicity tests results showed that the content of heavy metal ions liberated by the cement's leaching met the standard requirements, proving that the slag-gold tailings-red mud ternary ...
As and Zn were eliminated below detection limit, concentrations of six heavy metals reduced from 0.24 wt% (2400 ppm) in initial slag to 0.00417 wt% (41.7 ppm) in remaining slag after using 30Si70Cu additive, while concentrations of the most potentially toxic metals in the remaining slag were reduced below the detection limit or at low ppm ...
The characteristics of eight heavy metals (lead, zinc, copper, nickel, chromium, cadmium, mercury and arsenic) in the surface soil of the historical slag area of the Au ore dressing plant in the South-West of Luoyang City were investigated and evaluated in terms of a pollution index, potential ecological hazards and health risks. The results showed that the average amounts of the …
The high cost and carbon emission of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) increase the burden of mining industry and aggravate environmental pollution. In this study, a cheaper and greener binder was prepared using low-aluminum slag and calcined oil shale residue (COSR) as main precursors to provide an alternative cementing material for cemented paste backfill (CPB).
The possibility of immobilizing several heavy metals from gold mine tailings by reactive geopolymerization technique has been investigated in the present study. The chemical stability of geopolymers synthetized by the alkali activation of metakaolin and blast furnace slag and the addition of 40–50 wt% gold mine tailings is demonstrated.
The study investigated the stabilization of gold mine tailings (GMTs) by applying an alkaline activation process and studying NaOH and KOH as activators in the presence of …
In the extractive metallurgy of gold ores the cyanidation and melting processes are generally applied. These processes allow obtaining the "dore". The slag generated during the …
This review focuses on the effects of heavy metal wastes generated from gold mining activities on the environment and the various mechanisms used by bacteria to counteract the effect of these heavy metals in their immediate environment.
Dual waste utilization in cemented paste backfill using steel slag and mine tailings and the heavy metals immobilization effects. Author links open overlay panel ... and flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGDG). OPC was purchased from CR Cement Co. Ltd. IT was provided by a gold mine located at Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China. SS was collected ...
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Bitala MF, Kweyunga C, Manoko MLK. Levels of heavy metals and cyanide in environment and around North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania. 2009. Oelofse SH. Mine water pollution-acid mine decant, effluent and treatment: a consideration of key emerging issues that may impact the state of the environment. The Icfai University Press.
(DOI: 10.1155/2021/9984494) The mining industry generates large quantities of waste as tailings. The tailings have an adverse environmental impact. This study explored the utilization and stabilization of Barberton gold mine tailings (GMTs) and basic oxygen furnace slag (BOFS) to synthesize geopolymers for other applications. The geochemical, chemical, and geotechnical …
Therefore, it is crucial to monitor heavy metal levels in mining areas. This study examined heavy metal concentrations (Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Sr, Mo, Cd, and Pb) in vegetation and soil within the wetland area of the Zhaiying manganese slag discharge field in Songtao County, Guizhou Province, China.
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Ferrodirome slag (FeCr-GP) and gold mine tailings (GMT-GP) based geopolymers were synthesized and used as adsorbents of heavy metals in aqueous solutions. Batchwise adsorption experiments were used to determine the effect of solid loading (S/L), temperature and time on the adsorption of Cu, Ni and Mn. X-ray diffraction studies showed that GMT-GP was …
Gold mining can create serious environmental problems, such as soil pollution by heavy metal (loid)s. In this study, we assessed the ecological risk of Hatu gold mining activities and synchronously investigated the bacterial community structure, distribution of soil nutrient-element cycling genes (CNPS) and heavy metal resistance genes (MRG) in adjacent desert …
Fly ash (FA) and Basic oxygen furnace (BOF) slag were used to as additives in the geopolymerisation of gold mine tailings (GMT).The aim of the research was to determine the effects of the two ...
For efficient smelting and easy separation of gold bead from the slag, the weight of gold in the concentrate should be about 0.5 g. Figure 4 illustrates how gold separates from the slag after ...
The open slag piles, with residual heavy metals, have increasingly polluted surrounding environments and affected human health. Rainfall-facilitated leaching and seepage, alongside the physical weathering and biogeochemical reactions of tailings, can lead to the infiltration of heavy metals into water, soil, and the biosphere (Dong et al., 2024; Feng et al., …
Kiventera et al. (2018) studied the possibility of fixing several heavy metals in gold mine tailings using reactive polymerization technology and experimentally demonstrated the chemical stability of geopolymers synthesized from alkali-activated metakaolin and blast furnace slag by adding 40–50 wt% gold mine tailings.
Keywords: historical slag area, heavy metals, pollution assessment, health assessment, farmland soil, ecological hazard DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20211405.6536 Citation: Wang H, Zhang H, Xu R K. Heavy metal pollution characteristics and health evaluation of farmland soil in a gold mine slag area of Luoyang in China.
Materials used in the present work for binder preparation include OPC (42.5R), illite-containing tailings (IT), steel slag (SS), and flue gas desulfurization gypsum (FGDG). OPC was purchased from CR Cement Co. Ltd. IT was provided by a gold mine located at Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, China.