The objectives of the present field study were to examine the soil enzyme activities in the soil root zones of Plantago lanceolata and Plantago major in different heavy metal contaminated stands. Moreover, the investigations concerned the intensity of root endophytic colonization and metal bioaccumulation in roots and shoots. The investigated Plantago species exhibited an excluder strategy, acc...

Metal mines release toxic substances into the environment and can therefore negatively impact the health of residents in nearby regions. This paper sought to investigate whether there was excess disease mortality in populations in the vicinity of the mining area in Suxian District, South China. The spatial distribution of metal mining and related activities from 1985 to 2012, which was derived ...

In lead-zinc sintering process, various kinds of lead-zinc concentrates and returning powder from ineligible sintering production are blended and then sintered in updraft sintering machine to produce agglomerate for imperial smelting process. It is required to determine a proper mixture ratio for these materials blended to assure sintering production indices such as agglomerate composition and ...

K. Nowińska, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mining and Geology Z. Adamczyk, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Mining and Geology E. Melaniuk-Wolny, Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Gliwice, Poland Complex analysis of concentration and form of occurrence such metals as Zn, Pb, Fe and Cu in slags formed during a current...