Japanese related non-ferrous metal mining activities in the world

Fragblast ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuyuki Masuda
2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Tao ◽  
Guannan Liu ◽  
Xinhui Liu ◽  
Cong Zhang ◽  
Dengmiao Cheng ◽  
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Author(s):  
Alexey Sverdlin

Aluminum is the most heavily consumed non-ferrous metal in the world with an annual consumption of approximately 24 million tons of which it is estimate that 75% of this total amount is primary aluminum (aluminum extracted from ore). This article provides an overview of aluminum ores and their composition, reduction of aluminum, production of commercial quality aluminum, extraction, refinement and the production of ultrapure aluminum.


2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Felix Koffi KONAN ◽  
Charles Koffi BOUSSOU ◽  
Yves Kotchi BONY ◽  
Mexmin Koffi KONAN ◽  
Edia Oi EDIA ◽  
...  

Malapterurus teugelsi Norris, 2002, an endemic electric catfishes of the Kogon River Basin in Guinea, is assessed as Near Threatened due to its restricted distribution area, fishing pressure, mining activities, loss of habitats and aquatic pollution. This fish has a high cultural representation in the folklore of the local population. Moreover, in addition to its very limited distribution, very little information exists on its reproductive biology and its food ecology. Therefore, singular care must be paid to it for its conservation.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vu Nguyen ◽  
Thi Thuy Trang Nguyen ◽  
Thi My Chi Vo ◽  
Thanh Son Dao

Recently, the agricultural, industrial and mining activities have led to increase in contaminant emission. Trace metals or herbicides are among the pollutants to be concerned in the world. In this study we evaluated the effects of the herbicide atrazine (at the concentrations of 5, 50 and500 µg L-1) and its combination with copper (Cu, 50 µg L-1) and chromium (Cr, 50 µg L-1) on duckweed over the period of 10 days in the laboratory conditions. We found that 50 and 500 µg atrazine L-1 severely impacted on the growth or even caused the death of the plants, whereas there was no statistically significant difference in the duckweed growth rate between the 5 µg atrazine L-1 exposure and control. In the combined treatments (50 µg atrazine L-1 with Cu; with Cr or with both Cu and Cr), the plant growth rate of atrazine with either Cu or Cr was strongly reduced. However, the mixture of atrazine with Cu and Cr did not significantly decrease the development and growth rate of duckweed. Besides, atrazine and investigated heavy metals resulted in turning whiteof duckweek leaves that evidence ofthe chlorophyll degradation. Our results showed the negative influences of the herbicide atrazine and metals on development and morphology of duckweed. Gần đây, những hoạt động nông nghiệp, công nghiệp và khai khoáng đã và đang dẫn đến sự gia tăng phát thải các chất gây ô nhiễm. Kim loại nặng hoặc thuốc diệt cỏ là những chất gây ô nhiễm đang được quan tâm trên thế giới. Trong nghiên cứu này, chúng tôi đánh giá ảnh hưởng của thuốc diệt cỏ atrazine (nồng độ 5, 50 và 500 µg/L) và sự kết hợp của chất này với đồng (Cu, 50 µg/L) và crom (Cr, 50 µg/L) lên bèo tấm trong thời gian 10 ngày trongđiều kiện phòng thí nghiệm. Chúng tôi nhận thấy atrazine tại nồng độ 50 và 500 µg/L đã gây nên những ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng lên sự phát triển hay thậm chí làm cho bèo tấm bị chết, trong khi đó, không ghi nhận được bất kì sự khác biệt có ý nghĩa thống kê về tốc độ tăng trưởng của bèo tấm giữa lô thí nghiệm phơi nhiễm 5 µg atrazine / L và lô đối chứng. Trong những lô phơi nhiễm kết hợp (50 µg atrazine / L với Cu, với Cr hoặc với đồng thời Cu và Cr), tốc độ tăng trưởng của bèo tấm khi phơi nhiễm với atrazine và Cu hoặc Cr bị giảm mạnh, tuy nhiên, việc phơi nhiễm đồng thời atrazine với Cu và Cr đã không làm giảm đáng kể sự phát triển và tốc độ tăng trưởng của bèo tấm. Bên cạnh đó, atrazine và kim loại nặng đã làm cho màu của lá bèo tấm chuyển sang màu trắng, điều này chứng tỏ có sự suy giảm chlorophyll. Kết quả nghiên cứu này đã cho thấy những ảnh hưởng tiêu cựccủa thuốc diệt cỏ atrazine và kim loại lên sự phát triển và hình thái của bèo tấm.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Charles Mborah

Spatial-temporal variations in earthquake occurrence have been studied in many regions of the world but little can be said aboutthe Southern Africa Region in this regard. Using earthquakes of magnitudes greater than or equal to one together with theFORTRAN language and Generic Mapping Tools (GMT), spatial variations of earthquakes spanning the period 1966 to 2014were examined for the region. Similarly, the temporal variations with earthquakes of magnitudes greater than or equal to fourwere studied. The spatial analysis showed that the highest number of events (1438) in the period occurred at an average depthof around 7.5 km representing approximately 79.9 % of the total earthquakes considered. The temporal distribution of events onthe other hand showed that the highest number of events (590) were recorded in the year 1993. Three main issues were identifiedas potential factors responsible for the observed variations. Activities such as mining and failures in weak zones of the rockmass as well as increase in the number of stations were identified as the key factors responsible for the observed distributions.The third factor could not be independently verified. However, earlier studies suggest that this factor indeed have caused majorearthquakes in the region.


2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
Sunita J. Varjani

Industrial development in context with metal mining industries has received increasing importance now-a-days due to increased metal demand. With the concern of environment mining activities should be ecofriendly and economical. Bioleaching a biohydrometallurgical dissolution process, in which bacteria are used to leach out metals from ore. In bioleaching indigenous microbes either acidophilic, autotrophic, heterotrophic, or mixotrophic play important role. Bacteria of genera Acidithiobacillus, Leptospirillum, Sulfolobus, Sulfobacillus, Delftia sp., Oxalobacter sp., Bacillus sp. and Ferribacter sp. have been isolated from mining environment. In the study presented here thiosulphate utilizing Bacillus SVTH6 is used which was isolated from leachate sample of mining site. The organism was studied for thiosulphate utilization; cultural, morphological, cellular and biochemical characteristics; sugar utilization profile as well as antibiotic susceptibility. Growth optimization study of Bacillus SVTH6 at static and shaking condition as well as different pH and NaCl concentration(s) will be disussed in detail.


2021 ◽  
pp. 902-915
Author(s):  
Alexey Vladimirovich Kuznetsov

The article shows that although the threat of rapid depletion of mineral resources in the world is largely exaggerated, imbalances in their distribution and consumption are gradually increasing. On the one hand, globalization intensifies the competition of countries for resources, as the global development of recent decades shows. On the other hand, globalization mitigates imbalances through foreign trade and direct investment. The article examines the role of Russian investor companies in these processes. The research is based on corporate materials, official statistics and the most authoritative sources of industry information. The contribution of Russian oil and gas TNCs, companies specializing in the construction and operation of nuclear power plants and hydroelectric power plants, as well as leading investors in the field of non-ferrous metal industry was studied. A distinctive feature of Russian TNCs is the limited geography of their foreign business, especially in the countries of the global South. Usually we can see the preference of a narrow circle of countries which had long history of good political relations with Russia. At the same time, reliance on purely economic considerations is less pronounced than that of leading Western competitors. As a result, external shocks (whether political cataclysms in individual countries in the case of the oil and gas sector or sharp fluctuations in the international conjuncture in the case of non-ferrous metal industry) can greatly affect the scale of foreign activity of Russian TNCs. For the time being, it is more likely that we can still talk about the initial stages of internationalization of Russian business, which has little effect on the nature of global development with its investment activity. The article also shows that since in the future the scarcity of land and water resources will increase in the global economy, additional opportunities will open up for Russian companies to strengthen our country’s international positions. However, so far the activity of Russian TNCs is not observed there because it is limited mainly by the increase in grain exports to developing countries.


2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 09008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartuti Purnaweni ◽  
Kismartini ◽  
Bulan Prabawani ◽  
Ali Roziqin

Mining is a very crucial activity of human being and is practiced everywhere in the world, including in Bangka Belitung Province which is rich in tin, making tin is the leading commodity in this area. This study aimed at analyzing the Bangka Belitung profile, tin mining activities in this area and its impact on an environmental conditions in Bangka Belitung Islands. The study applied a descriptive-qualitative method, using data from library study and previous researches dealing with the research topic, as well as data from field observation. It concluded that tin mining has been done since the Dutch era in Bangka Belitung, and is more active today. Therefore, it is concluded that massive environmental degradation will occur should the mining practices are not stopped. The study It is recommended that the government has to strengthen its policy in the form of local regulation on the tin mining activities for erecting a better public administration practices.


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