Environmental chemistry and mineralogy of particulate air matter around Selebi Phikwe nickel-copper plant, Botswana

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 349-353

  Ekosse, G ^a   Van den Heever, D J ^b   De Jager, L ^c   Totolo, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b VDH Industrial Hygiene CC   (South Africa)

^c CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental; Mining; Oxidation; Pollution; Sulphide ore

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; MINERALOGY; MINING; OXIDATION; SPECTROMETRY; SULFIDE MINERALS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI (CCN); PARTICULATE AIR MATTERS (PAM);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 0742268414     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2003.08.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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