Leaching of potential hazardous elements of coal cleaning rejects

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 175, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 109-126

  Silva, Luis F O ^a,c   Izquierdo, Maria ^b   Querol, Xavier ^b   Finkelman, Robert B ^c   Oliveira, Marcos L S ^a   Wollenschlager, Marcus ^a   Towler, Mark ^d   Pérez López, Rafael ^b,e   MacIas, Felipe ^f  

^a IPADHC   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d Alfred University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brazilian coal mining; Coal beneficiation; Leaching; Trace pollutants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC EXPOSURES; BRAZILIAN COAL; COAL BENEFICIATION; COAL CLEANING; COAL WASTES; COMPLEX INTERACTION; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; HAZARDOUS ELEMENTS; MINERAL MATTERS; PH-DEPENDENT; SULPHATES; SULPHIDE MINERALS; SULPHIDE OXIDATION; TRACE POLLUTANT; TRACE POLLUTANTS;

BENEFICIATION; CADMIUM; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; FROTH FLOTATION; LEACHING; MANGANESE; MINERALS; POLLUTION; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLUBILITY;

COAL;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; COAL; COPPER; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; SULFIDE; ZINC;

COAL MINING; GEOCHEMISTRY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEACHING; MINE WASTE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; SULFIDE; TRACE ELEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLOTATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; IMMOBILIZATION; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PH; SOLUBILITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BRAZIL; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINING;

BRAZIL; SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 79952437922     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1497-1     Document Type: Article

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