Each year, mining operations generate large volumes of mine waste, including tailings. According to the International Institute for Environment and Development's (IIED) Mining, Minerals, and Sustainable Development Project (MMSD), there are approximately 3,500 active mining waste facilities worldwide, consisting of …

ABSTRACT. Integrating waste management, environmental sustainability, and economic development is a prime milestone in the circular economy. Critical metals recovery from mining tailings and secondary resources has significant potential, with widespread applications in high-tech industries that are critical to modern society and …

This paper primarily focuses on waste management strategies adopted by industries: Iron & steel, mining respectively for cleaner production and sustainable …

However, to date, industrial actions to treat produce value from those wastes remain opportunistic and are still mainly focused on processing mining waste containing gold. Some examples targeting other metals such as copper or cobalt are describe in a recent publication from the JRC (Blengini et al. 2019). The recovery of zinc …

Insights related to industrial and mine waste characterization, landfilling, undergroung backfilling, reprocessing of secondary metal recovery or environmental purposes, valorization in various sectors, etc., are some examples of themes to be included in this Special Issue. ... Works on the sustainable management of mining waste were …

Mining is big business, but also one of the world's biggest polluters. A 2019 report estimated that the world's 3,500 large-scale mining operations produce over 100 billion tonnes of solid waste per year. The ratio of useful materials to waste minerals is staggering; waste mass can be several times that of base metals, and can be millions of …

While the general perception within the mining industry is that waste management and rehabilitation are considered a burden, this paper has examined and …

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114239 Corpus ID: 245097955; Waste management in the mining industry of metals ores, coal, oil and natural gas - A review. @article{Kalisz2021WasteMI, title={Waste management in the mining industry of metals ores, coal, oil and natural gas - A review.}, author={Szymon Kalisz and Katarzyna Kibort …

Total. 1022. According to a recent data from MNRE, there exists a potential of about 1300MW from industrial wastes. Classification of Industrial Waste. In a broad sense, industrial wastes could be classified into two types. 1. Hazardous industrial waste. 2. Non-hazardous industrial waste.

Contamination of soil and water by industrial waste is an ecological affair. Several factories involving electrolysis techniques, batteries manufacturing, paper and pesticide production, mining, an...

The population of the globe is predicted to increase from the current 7.8 billion (2021) to 9.2 billion by 2040—an increase of about 18% (Worldometer, 2021 ). This will increase the demand for food, water, and raw materials of all kinds, including minerals and metals. Global freshwater consumption per capita increases in proportion to the ...

The restrictions led to the suspension of many industrial and construction productions, which led to a dramatic drop in demand for metals. ... One common method of mining waste management is underground storage, used among others for backfilling workings and sealing goafs, when there is too much waste from current production, …

This book discusses technological advances for managing industrial and mining waste through circular economy approaches and successful critical metal …

The mining industry manages large volumes of tailings, sludge, and residues that represent a huge environmental issue. This fact has prompted research into valorization of these wastes as alternative aggregates for concrete production, embankments, pavement material, etc. The use of mining wastes as a resource for …

Industrial waste encompasses all types of waste generated from industrial, manufacturing, and mining activities. To minimize adverse environmental impacts, industrial waste can be effectively managed through implementingsmart technologies. ... Identifying the challenges of industrial waste management trough a …

Characterisation of waste materials and acid mine drainage. All inorganic wastes were characterised by neutral to moderately alkaline pH (7.3–8.3), low organic carbon content (< 1.3% OC), low ...

In the last few years, the mining and metallurgy industry has made concerted efforts to improve waste management through a byproduct recovery strategy, mainly focusing on developing innovative technologies to provide sustainable solutions. This strategy has seen the metallurgy industry exploit more natural resources in waste …

This work aims to review waste management in the mining industry of metals ores, coal, oil and natural gas. It includes an analysis and discussion on the possibilities for reuse of certain types of wastes generated from mining activity, and discusses the benefits, disadvantages and the impact of waste management on the …

management of this waste is without risk. This Guide is primarily intended for new industrial waste management facilities and units, such as new landfills, new waste piles, new surface impoundments, and new land application units. Chapter 7B–Designing and Installing Liners, and Chapter 4–Considering the Site, are clearly directed toward new ...

The preventive mine waste management system is to be planned in the early stages of the mining. project. According to McLellan et al. [45] this is the only way to minimise mine waste. Indeed, in ...

Industrial waste management is required and warrants the collection and treatment of wastes produced from all levels of processing. ... Reports have also accumulated showing efficient metal recovery by this method from mining industrial wastes (Peppicelli et al. 2018). Reports have also shown the efficiency of this method in reduction of heavy ...

Global Energy Transition: Mining Waste Management. This is the eighth in a series addressing the challenge of the global energy transition as an opportunity to reduce continuing damage and inequities, and to revise the global ethic of development in favor of human and earth-centric values. Ed. note: You can find all of the previous posts in ...

Tap on the image to access online locational data for permitted industrial and metallic mineral mines. The Industrial Minerals and Metallic Mineral Waste Management Areas Viewer is an ArcGIS web application that …

In the last few years, the mining and metallurgy industry has made concerted efforts to improve waste management through a byproduct recovery strategy, mainly focusing on developing innovative …

According to this regulation, the wastes generated as a result of mining activities; Although it is foreseen as hazardous waste, non-hazardous waste, or inert waste, most of the wastes generated ...

Incessant generation and mismanagement of industrial waste, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation have created non-sustainability in human life. Though industrial wastes are hazardous or non-hazardous in nature based on their source, open dumping disposal is commonly done for both types of waste. The adversity …

Mining waste transformation ensures the sustainable management of mining waste. It can be substantial in sustaining industrial ecology. It is a broader concept that …

With the development of mining industry, mining exploitation activities have produced more and more solid wastes and induced increasingly grievous destruction on eco-environment. Waste rock, tailings and other solid waste are the largest industrial solid waste generated in the process of exploitation of mineral resources.

Waste management is a major environmental challenge on a global scale. It has been estimated that in 2016, humankind generated two billion tons of municipal solid waste—residential, institutional, and commercial [].However, the largest global waste producer is the mineral industry [].The generation of mining waste is estimated to be 50 …

Mining plays an essential role in resource-rich countries given that it constitutes a source of raw materials and incomes capable of contributing to the economic growth. However, with the intensive mechanisation of mining operations and the modernisation of the ore-processing technologies in view of increasing the …