Application of a handheld Raman spectrometer for the screening of colored secondary sulfates in abandoned mining areas—The case of the São Domingos Mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt)

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 1186-1199
Author(s):  
Filip Košek ◽  
Adam Culka ◽  
Laura Fornasini ◽  
Peter Vandenabeele ◽  
Anastasia Rousaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Pyrite Belt ◽  
Raman Spectrometer ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
São Domingos Mine

Rare earth element geochemistry of sulphide weathering in the São Domingos mine area (Iberian Pyrite Belt): A proxy for fluid–rock interaction and ancient mining pollution

2010 ◽  
Vol 276 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Pérez-López ◽  
Joaquín Delgado ◽  
José Miguel Nieto ◽  
Belén Márquez-García
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Rare Earth Element ◽  
Earth Element ◽  
Iberian Pyrite Belt ◽  
Element Geochemistry ◽  
Mining Pollution ◽  
Rock Interaction ◽  
Mine Area ◽  
São Domingos Mine

Bioextracts of Lavandula pedunculata growing in São Domingos mine: a natural source of added-value compounds

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Abreu ◽  
Erika Santos ◽  
Maria Balseiro-Romero ◽  
Felipe Macías
Keyword(s):  
Contaminated Soils ◽  
Iberian Pyrite Belt ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Bornyl Acetate ◽  
Reference Area ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Hazardous Elements ◽  
Potentially Hazardous Elements ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industries ◽  
Total Concentrations

<p>Some autochthones plant species with aromatic and medicinal properties are able to naturally colonize contaminated soils from mining areas from Iberian Pyrite Belt contributing to their rehabilitation. A study was carried out in order to characterize and valorise an autochthones species, which has adequate ecophysiological behaviours for phytostabilization of mining areas, as new sources of bioactive substances. The main aims of this study were to: i) characterise the phytochemical profile of the bioextracts from shoots of L. pedunculata growing in soils from São Domingos mining area and a control area; and ii) evaluate the influence of potentially hazardous elements (PHEs) accumulated in the shoots on the quality of the bioextracts.</p><p>Composite samples of soils, developed on mine wastes and/or host rocks, as well as C Lavandula pedunculata shoots were collected in São Domingos mine (Iberian pyrite Belt, SE of Portugal) and in a reference area with non-contaminated soils and the same climatic conditions. Classical characterisation of soils and total concentrations of potentially hazardous elements in soils and plant shoots were determined. The bioextracts from Lavandula pedunculata shoots were obtained by an accelerated solvent extractor, and the compounds were analysed by GC-MS. Extracts were extracted with hexane and major components were quantified.</p><p>The total concentrations of some potentially hazardous elements (e.g. As, Cu, Pb and Zn) were higher in soils from São Domingos than in reference area. However, soils from São Domingos are considered as contaminated with As, Cu, Pb and Sb for agriculture and residential/parkland uses. Concentrations of the PHEs (excepted Cr and Mn) in the shoots collected in São Domingos mine were higher than in the non-contaminated area</p><p>In the L. pedunculata extracts, obtained in the single extraction with hexane, were identified 34 compounds accounting between 79 and 89 % of the total identified compounds. Camphor was the major component in all extracts but Fenchone, eucalyptol, verbenone, bornyl acetate, borneol and linalool oxide cis also showed considerable amounts. All these compounds present economic interest. Some variation was obtained in the qualitative composition of the L. pedunculata extracts but, in general, it was not clear the differentiation between populations and, consequently, soil contamination level and concentrations of the potentially hazardous elements in shoots. Environmental rehabilitation of mining areas from Iberian Pyrite Belt with this species can provide economic valorisation by the exploration of this plant-based product for fragrance and pharmaceutical industries.</p><p>Acknowledgment: This research was supported by Portuguese funds, through Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the scope of the project UID/AGR/04129/202, and Xunta de Galicia (GRC2014/003).</p>

Copper, zinc and lead biogeochemistry in aquatic and land plants from the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Portugal) and north of Morocco mining areas

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 2087-2105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuno Durães ◽  
Iuliu Bobos ◽  
Eduardo Ferreira da Silva ◽  
Abdelilah Dekayir
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Pyrite Belt ◽  
Land Plants ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Copper Zinc

Use of sequential extraction procedure for assessing the environmental impact at regional scale of the São Domingos Mine (Iberian Pyrite Belt)

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 3452-3463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Pérez-López ◽  
Antonio M. Álvarez-Valero ◽  
José Miguel Nieto ◽  
Reinaldo Sáez ◽  
João X. Matos
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Sequential Extraction ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Extraction Procedure ◽  
Iberian Pyrite Belt ◽  
Sequential Extraction Procedure ◽  
São Domingos Mine

The optimization of mining areas and ore dressing plants match in Yunnan Tin regional mine

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chen Junzhi ◽  
Ren Chunfang ◽  
Tao Feng
Keyword(s):  
Mining Areas ◽  
Ore Dressing

Managing the impacts of mining on Ghana’s water resources from a legal perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasirudeen Abdul Fatawu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Water Resources ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Environmental Laws ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Legal Perspective

Recent floods in Ghana are largely blamed on mining activities. Not only are lives lost through these floods, farms andproperties are destroyed as a result. Water resources are diverted, polluted and impounded upon by both large-scale minersand small-scale miners. Although these activities are largely blamed on behavioural attitudes that need to be changed, thereare legal dimensions that should be addressed as well. Coincidentally, a great proportion of the water resources of Ghana arewithin these mining areas thus the continual pollution of these surface water sources is a serious threat to the environmentand the development of the country as a whole. The environmental laws need to be oriented properly with adequate sanctionsto tackle the impacts mining has on water resources. The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedure needs to bestreamlined and undertaken by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and not the company itself.

UTILIZATION OF RAWAPENING PEAT FOR NUTRIENT BLOCK AS A MEDIA NURSERIES Anthocephalus cadaba and Paraserianthes falcataria

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Hanggari Sittadewi., dkk
Keyword(s):  
Plant Growth ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Leaf Growth ◽  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Paraserianthes Falcataria ◽  
Land Rehabilitation ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Growing Medium ◽  
The Media

Nutrient Block is a growing medium product in the form of a square (25 x 25 cm) or cylindrical (diameter = 20 cm, height = 25 cm) made of peat which has been composted, plus adhesive gypsum or tapioca waste. Nutrient Block is designed to support the post mining land rehabilitation program that is now threatening the environmental degradation in mining areas. Nutrient Block products has been proved good for growth because of the media in addition to having physical properties that are capable of storing large amounts of water, contain enough nutrients in the form available to plants,so it can support plant growth. Results of the Nutrient Block application test to Jabon (Anthocephalus cadaba) and Sengon (Paraserianthes falcataria) plants showed that good performance, both plant height and diameter of trees and leaf growth in plants Jabon appear healthy and getting wider.keywords: nutrient block, post-mining land rehabilitation. Paraserianthes falcataria, Anthocephalus cadaba

INFLUENCE OF ROSIA POIENI AND ROSIA MONTANA MINING AREAS ON THE WATER QUALITY OF THE ARIES RIVER

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Levei ◽  
Marin Senila ◽  
Mirela Miclean ◽  
Bela Abraham ◽  
Cecilia Roman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Mining Areas ◽  
Rosia Montana
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