High intensity magnetic separation for the clean-up of a site polluted by lead metallurgy

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 248-249, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 194-201

  Sierra, C ^a   Martinez J ^b   Menendez Aguado J M ^a   Afif, E ^a   Gallego, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lead; Magnetic separation; Slag; Soil pollution; Soil washing

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; BROWN FIELDS; DRY AND WET; DRY SEPARATIONS; FINER FRACTIONS; HIGH INTENSITY; LEAD SLAG; MAGNETIC COMPONENTS; POST PROCESS; SILICATE MATRIX; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WASHING;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; HEAVY METALS; IRON OXIDES; LEAD; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; PARAMAGNETISM; SEPARATION; SILICATES; SLAGS; SOILS; WASHING;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL; IRON OXIDE; LEAD; SILICATE;

BROWNFIELD SITE; CLEANUP; GRAIN SIZE; LEAD; MAGNETIC FIELD; METALLURGY; SEPARATION; SLAG; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETISM; METALLURGY; SAND; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL TREATMENT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAGNETIC PHENOMENA; METALLURGY; METALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANDALUCIA; JAEN [ANDALUCIA]; LINARES; SPAIN;

EID: 84873861566     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Gallego J.R., Ordóñez A., Loredo J.J. Investigation of trace element sources from an industrialized area (Avilés, northern Spain) using multivariate statistical methods. Environ. Int. 2002, 27:589-596.
2. Casas J.S., Sordo J. Lead chemistry, analytical aspects. Environmental Impacts and Health Effects 2006, Elsevier Science Ltd, UK.
3. de Andrade Lima L.R.P., Bernardez L.A. Characterization of the lead smelter slag in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. J. Hazard. Mater. 2001, 189:692-699.
4. Violante A., Cozzolino V., Perelomov L., Caporalee A.G., Pigna M. Mobility and bioavailability of heavy metals and metalloids in soil environments. J. Soil. Sci. Plant Nutr. 2010, 10:268-292.
5. Kucha H., Martens A., Ottenburgs R., De Vos W., Viaene W. Primary minerals of Zn-Pb mining and metallurgical dumps and their environmental behavior at Plombiéres, Belgium. Environ. Geol. 1996, 27:1-15.
6. Manz M., Castro L.J. The environmental hazard caused by smelter slags from the Sta. Maria de la Paz mining district in Mexico. Environ. Pollut. 1997, 98:7-13.
7. Sharma H.D., Reddy K.R. Geoenvironmental Engineering Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies 2004, John Wiley & Sons, New Jersey, USA.
8. Sierra C., Gallego J.R., Afif E., Menéndez-Aguado J.M., González-Coto F. Analysis of soil washing effectiveness to remediate a brownfield polluted with pyrite ashes. J. Hazard. Mater. 2010, 180:602-608.
9. Svoboda J. Magnetic Techniques for the Treatment of Materials 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
10. Schake A.R., Avens L.R., Hill D., Padilla D., Prenger F.C., Romero D.A., Tolt T.L., Worl L.A. Magnetic separation for environmental remediation. Proceedings of the ACS Symposium on F-Elements Separation. The 207th American Chemical Society National Meeting 1994.
11. Dermont G., Bergeron M., Mercier G., Richer-Laflèche M. Soil washing for metal removal: a review of physical/chemical technologies and field applications. J. Hazard. Mater. 2008, 152:1-31.
12. Rikers R.A., Rem P., Dalmijn W.L. Improved method for prediction of heavy metal recoveries from soil using high intensity magnetic separation (HIMS). Int. J. Miner. Process. 1998, 54:165-182.
13. Avens L.R., Worl L.A., de Aguero K.J., Padilla D.D., Prenger F.C., Stewart W.F., Hill D.D., Tolt T.L. Magnetic Separation for Soil Decontamination 1993, Los álamos National Lab., NM, USA.
14. Kuhlman M.I., Greenfield T.M. Simplified soil washing processes for a variety of soils. J. Hazard. Mater. 1999, 66:35-41.
15. Kronmuller H., Parkin S.S.P. Handbook of Magnetism and Advanced Magnetics Materials 2007, John Wiley & Sons.
16. Sierra C., Menéndez-Aguado J.M., Afif E., Carrero M., Gallego J.R. Feasibility study on the use of soil washing to remediate the As-Hg contamination at an ancient mining and metallurgy area. J. Hazard. Mater. 2011, 196:93-100.
17. J. Lillo, Geology and Geochemistry of Linares-La Carolina Pb-Ore field (Southeastern border of the Hesperian Massif), Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Leeds, 1992.
18. Lillo J. Hydrothermal alteration in the Linares-La Carolina Ba-Pb-Zn-Cu-(Ag) vein district, Spain: mineralogical data from El Cobre vein. Appl. Earth Sci. 2003, 111:114-118.
19. J. Martínez, Caracterización geoquímica y ambiental de los suelos en el sector minero de Linares, Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Politécnica de Madrid, 2002.
20. Martínez J., Llamas J., De Miguel E., Rey J., Hidalgo M.C. Application of the Visman method to the design of a soil sampling camping in the mining district of Linares (Spain). J. Geochem. Explor. 2007, 92:73-82.
21. Martínez J., Llamas J., De Miguel E., Rey J., Hidalgo M.C. Determination of geochemical background in a metal mining site: example of the mining district of Linares (south Spain). J. Geochem. Explor. 2008, 94:19-29.
22. Martínez J., Rey J., Hidalgo M.C., Benavente J. Characterizing abandoned mining dams by geophysical (ERI) and geochemical methods: The Linares-La Carolina District (Southern Spain). Water Air Soil Pollut. 2012, 223:1-14.
23. Sastre J., Sahuquillo A., Vidal M.G. Rauret determination of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in environmental samples: microwave-assisted total digestion versus aqua regia and nitric acid extraction. Anal. Chim. Acta 2002, 462:59-72.
24. Bettinelli M., Beone G.M., Spezia S., Baffi C. Determination of heavy metals in soils and sediments by microwave-assisted digestion and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry analysis. Anal. Chim. Acta 2000, 424:289-296.
25. Camm G.S., Glass H.J., Bryce D.W., Butcher A.R. Characterisation of a mining-related arsenic-contaminated site, Cornwall, UK. J. Geochem. Explor. 2004, 82:1-15.
26. Wills B.A., Napier-Munn T.J. Mineral Processing Technology: An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of Ore Treatment and Mineral Recovery 2006, Butterworth-Heinemann, Burlington, MA. 7th ed.
27. Magnetic Separator Assembly for Use in Material Separator Equipment, Patent Number 5,101,980, United States Patent, 1992.
28. Mercier G., Duchesne J., Blackburn D. Prediction of the efficiency of physical methods to remove metals from contaminated soils. J. Environ. Eng. 2001, 127:348-358.
29. Carpco Wet High-Intensity Magnetic Separator model 3X4L, Available at: (accessed April 2012). http://www.outotec.com/18470.epibrw.
30. Williford C.W., Bricka R.M. Physical separation of metal-contaminated soils. Environmental Restoration of Metals - Contaminated Soils 2000, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 1st ed. I.K. Iskandar (Ed.).
31. Ettler V., Legendre O., Bodenan F., Touray J.C. Primary phases and natural weathering of old lead-zinc pyrometallurgical slag from Pribram, Czech Republic. Can. Mineral. 2001, 39:873-888.
32. Seignez N., Gauthier A., Bulteel D., Buatier M., Damidot D., Potdevin J.L. Leaching of lead metallurgical slag and pollutant mobility far from equilibrium conditions. Appl. Geochem. 2008, 23:3699-3711.
33. Scheinert M., Kupsch H., Bletz B. Geochemical investigations of slags from the historical smelting in Freiberg, Erzgebirge (Germany). Chem. Erde. 2009, 69:81-90.
34. Ettler V., Johan Z. Natural alteration products of sulphide mattes from primary lead smelting. C. R. Geosci. 2003, 335:1013-1020.
35. Hunt C.P., Moskowitz B.M., Banerjee S.K. Rock Physics and Phase Relations 1995, 189-204. AGU, Washington, DC. T.J. Ahrens (Ed.).