Concentration levels of some inorganic contaminants in streams and sediments in areas of pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical activities at the obuasi gold mine, Ghana

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 753-763

  Foli, Gordon ^a   Nude, Prosper M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Beneficiation of gold; Ghana; Hydrometallurgy; Inorganic contamination; Obuasi gold mine; Pyrometallurgy

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; GHANA; HYDROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENTS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; INORGANIC CONTAMINATION; SPECIFIC ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SPECIFIC LOCATION;

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; EFFLUENTS; GOLD; GOLD MINES; HYDROMETALLURGY; LEAD; NEGATIVE IONS; ORES; PH; PYROMETALLURGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; ZINC; ZINC CHLORIDE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD MINE; METALLURGY; MINING; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; TRACE METAL; WATER QUALITY;

ASHANTI; GHANA; OBUASI;

EID: 84889609510     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1121-x     Document Type: Article

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