Hazardous minerals mining: Challenges and solutions

[Display omitted] •Overview of hazardous mineral mining.•Addresses challenges and solutions of hazardous mining.•Discusses prospects and consequences of biological method over chemical methods Minerals are valuable resources gifted to man from the Mother Earth and quite often they need to be dug out...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of hazardous materials 2021-01, Vol.402, p.123474, Article 123474
Hauptverfasser: Rebello, Sharrel, Anoopkumar, A.N., Aneesh, Embalil Mathachan, Sindhu, Raveendran, Binod, Parameswaran, Kim, Sang Hyoun, Pandey, Ashok
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Zusammenfassung:[Display omitted] •Overview of hazardous mineral mining.•Addresses challenges and solutions of hazardous mining.•Discusses prospects and consequences of biological method over chemical methods Minerals are valuable resources gifted to man from the Mother Earth and quite often they need to be dug out from deep down with much effort to utilize them in many of our anthropogenic activities. The fascinating nature, colours as well as the physicochemical properties of minerals has extended their prospective value in the synthesis of various household and industrial products. However, knowledge of the mostly explored minerals, associated products, and their hazardous nature becomes relevant to its prevalence in our daily life. The harmful effects of some minerals are mostly evident from its site of occurrence, process of mining, post mining wastes left over and even in finished products. The current review focuses to evaluate the hazardous nature of minerals, cautions associated with its mining, drastic effects on human health, and ecosystem as an eye-opener to us. Finally, the effective remedies that could be implemented in the exploration of minerals are also discussed to the best of our knowledge. Bioleaching methods of rare earth elements and copper have been discussed briefly to explain the pros and cons of biological methods over conventional chemical leaching methods.
ISSN:0304-3894
1873-3336
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123474