Acid mine drainage: Challenges and opportunities

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1785-1803

  Simate, Geoffrey S ^a   Ndlovu, Sehliselo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Environmental effects; Heavy metals; Process integration; Sulphide minerals

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAVY METALS; MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACID ROCK DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; COMPLEX PROCESSES; MINING ACTIVITIES; OXIDATIVE DISSOLUTION; PROCESS INTEGRATION; STATE OF THE ART;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84905648281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2014.07.021     Document Type: Review

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