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Mine Drainage: Characterization, Treatment, Modeling, and Environmental Aspect
Author(s) -
Wei Xinchao,
Wolfe F. Andrew,
Han Yuexin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143014x14031280668092
Subject(s) - acid mine drainage , drainage , coal mining , mining engineering , environmental science , geology , coal , engineering , waste management , environmental chemistry , ecology , chemistry , biology
Globally, mine drainage is a persistent environmental problem facing the mining industry. This review covers the literature published in 2013 on topics relating to acid mine drainage (AMD) or acid rock drainage (ARD) due to the presence of sulfide bearing minerals in active and abandoned coal/hard rock mining sites or waste spoil piles. This review is divided into the four sections: 1) mine drainage characterization, 2) mine drainage treatment 3) modeling and simulation, and 4) environmental aspect. Many papers presented in this review address more than one important topic and different sections presented in this review should not be regarded as being mutually‐exclusive or all‐inclusive.