abandoned surface mine excavations can be a major environmental, social and/or human healthproblem for the mining industry as well as for the community living nearby. this problem is exacerbated by therapidly growing population encroaching on areas of historic mined lands. the aim of this studywas to assess thesafety status of the historic nyala mine excavation with the purpose of coming up wit...

The objective was to investigate how water infiltrated into waste dumps at a mine site. electrical resistivity method of field geophysics applied produce 4D imaging progressive infiltration the dump. goal is test for investigating rain infiltrates unconsolidated materials in dumps. This an important problem when evaluating balance and understanding conditions contamination flowing through mater...

The activities of mining exploitation in Campo de Jales were performed in an uncontrolled way and gave rise to serious environmental contamination: rubbish depositories have been accumulated with no treatment or maintenance. An investigation developed around Jales Mine showed the existence of some chemical impact originated from the waste produced during mining activities. Some "black spots" fo...

Abstract The small stalactites found on the ceiling at level I near Sutoris shaft in thirteenth-century historic salt mine Bochnia, Poland, are mainly composed of mirabilite (Na 2 SO 4 ·10H O) followed by blödite Mg(SO ) ·4H O). unique presence these two minerals only one location this old underground is attributed to contemporary precipitation from percolating solutions. This can be caused a c...

this study was carried out for the purpose of investigating the issue of tailings dams as a potential source of contamination by trace elements in soils at the sidi bou othmane mine in the marrakech region, morocco. soil samples taken from depths of up to 15 cm and within a radius of 50 m from the tailings dams, were analyzed for cd, cu, pb and zn using atomic absorption spectrometry. average c...

Metal price is one of the most important parameters in the calculation of cut- off grade. The cut- off grade has the main role in determination of mine layout. Mine layout actuates mineable reserve, mine life and economic profitability. Not considering the uncertainty in metal prices can lead to a non-optimal layout. In this paper optimum underground mine layout is determined by expected utilit...

A a common chronic illness among children and youth, affects one school-aged child in 11, or two to three students in a class of 30. Asthma accounts for 14 million lost school days each year. Students with asthma miss instruction while in the health room and may not be fully alert due to lack of sleep from night­ time asthma symptoms. Schools often lose funding for student absences. Schools are...

Osmotolerance is one of the critical factors for successful survival and colonization of microbes in saline environments. Nonetheless, information about these osmotolerance mechanisms is still inadequate. Exploration of the saline soil microbiome for its community structure and novel genetic elements is likely to provide information on the mechanisms involved in osmoadaptation. The present stud...