Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities : Emphasis on Mitigation and Remedial Measures.

Environmental Science -- Environmental Impacts of Mining Activities -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Section A Evaluation of Effects of Mining in the Environment -- Chapter 2 Do Australian Mining Companies Pay Too Much? Reflections on the Burden of Meeting Environmental Standards in the Late Twentieth Century -- Chapter 3 Characterization of Mine Wastes for Prediction of Acid Mine Drainage -- Chapter 4 Biomonitoring Environmental Contamination with Metallic and Methyl mercury in Amazon Gold Mining Areas, Brazil -- Chapter 5 Sodium Cyanide Hazards to Fish and Other Wildlife from Gold Mining Operations -- Chapter 6 A Three-dimensional Finite Element Model to Predict Airflow and Pit Retention for an Open-Pit Mine -- Chapter 7 Mine Health and Safety: Industry's March Towards Continuous Improvement - The United States Experience -- Section B Treatment Methods for Mine Effluents and Rehabilitation of Mine Tailings and Overburden Materials -- Chapter 8 Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage with Constructed Wetlands -- Chapter 9 Underwater Placement of Mine Tailings: Case Examples and Principles -- Chapter 10 Reduction of Mercury Emissions from Gold Mining Activities and Remedial Procedures for Polluted Sites -- Chapter 11 Wastewater Renovation with Mine-Derived Fill Materials -- Chapter 12 Environmental Effects of the Deposition and Re-use of Colliery Spoils -- Section C Study Cases -- Chapter 13 The Swedish Acid Mine Drainage Experience: Research, Development, and Practice -- Chapter 14 Mining in the Arctic: Mitigation and Remedial Measures -- Chapter 15 Pollution from Mining in Greenland: Monitoring and Mitigation of Environmental Impacts -- Chapter 16 Strategies for Remediation of Former Opencast Mining Areas in Eastern Germany -- Index.

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