The present work was planned to evaluate the phytoextraction of metal mine tailings, Sarcheshmeh copper mine, SE of Iran, by the endemic plant species Medicago sativa L. (Alfalfa). In this pot experiment, we investigated the effects of seven amendments on the growth of alfalfa and uptaking metals from the mine tailings and stream sediment of tailing dam surface. The mean metal concentrations in...

Annually, hundreds of thousands tons slags are involved in the reverberator and flash smelting as well converting operations Cu-Fe sulfide concentrates to produce matte Sar Cheshmeh copper smelter plant, Iran, disposed landfill cooled air. Due their relatively high average content (about 1.5 wt%), a mineral processing plant based on flotation process has recently been established Cu-sulfide con...

Background: Workers in different occupational positions experience significant Cu exposures, however, Cu toxicity has not been fully studied as compared to other heavy metals. In the present study, hematological and hepatic alterations have been investigated among copper mine workers. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in a copper mine in west of Iran, on 402 copper mi...

lichen species (hypogymnia physodes and evernia prunastri) were used for biomonitoring thepossible air pollution with heavy metals in the vicinity of copper mine in the eastern part of the republic ofmacedonia. the contents of 18 elements were analysed by icp-aes and etaas techniques. for dataprocessing basic statistical methods and multivariate exploratory (factor and cluster analysis) techniq...

acid mine drainage (amd) containing high concentrations of iron and sulphate, low ph and variableconcentrations of heavy metals leads to many environmental problems. the concentrations of cu and mnare high in the amd of the sarcheshmeh porphyry copper mine, kerman province, south of iran. in thisstudy, the bio-remediation of cu and mn ions from acid mine drainage was investigated using two nati...

soil contamination in the vicinity of the abandoned lakan lead and zinc mine was studied. the results showed that over the past decades, the environmental pollution was caused by lead, zinc tailings dam and acid mine drainage. the average of lead, zinc, cadmium, copper and nickel is 1295, 4273, 27, 185 and 92 mg/kg, respectively in the soils of tailings dam. these metals were continuously dispe...

Mine planning models have proved to be very effective in supporting decisions on sequencing the extraction of material in copper mines. These models have been developed for CODELCO, the Chilean state copper mine and used successfully. Here, we wish to develop a corporate model, including all mines of CODELCO. The original models are extremely large MIPs. In order to run a global model, the orig...