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Current Approaches for Mitigating Acid Mine Drainage

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 226

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Abstract

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the largest environmental problems faced by mining and mineral industries globally (Akcil and Koldas 2006; Akabzaa et al. 2007). AMD is mainly associated with sulphide-rich metalliferous ore deposits, viz., copper, lead, zinc, gold, nickel, tin, and uranium mines (Naicker et al. 2003; Nieto et al. 2007) and coal mines (Bell et al. 2001; Sahoo et al. 2012), which were formed under marine conditions and contain abundant reactive framboidal pyrite (Carrucio and Fern 1974; Campbell et al. 2001). In Table 1 , we present a list of wellknown AMD sites worldwide.

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Sahoo, P.K., Kim, K., Equeenuddin, S.M., Powell, M.A. (2013). Current Approaches for Mitigating Acid Mine Drainage. In: Whitacre, D. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 226. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 226. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6898-1_1

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