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Inorganic substances screening and prioritization (ISSP) in risk assessment for mining operations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. Pan ,
C. Oates ,
C. Ihlenfeld ,
J. Plant  and
N. Voulvoulis
J. Pan
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK
C. Oates
Affiliation:
Anglo American plc, 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN, UK
C. Ihlenfeld
Affiliation:
Anglo American plc, 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN, UK
J. Plant
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK
N. Voulvoulis*
Affiliation:
Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK
*
*E-mail: n.voulvoulis@imperial.ac.uk
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Abstract

Metals have been central to the development of human civilization from the Bronze Age to the present although historically, mining and smelting have been the cause of local environmental pollution with the potential to harm human health. Despite problems from artisanal mining in some developing countries, modern mining for Western standards now uses the best available mining technology combined with environmental monitoring, mitigation and remediation measures to control emissions to the environment. The relocation and removal of large quantities of mineral and waste could also release chemicals into the environment including surface water, ground water and soil during the mining lifecycle. There are only few published methods available for prioritizing hazardous chemicals. These fail to recognize differences between organic and inorganic chemicals make it necessary to develop separate screening and prioritization procedures for those two different classes of chemicals. In this study, we focus on the development of screening and prioritization procedure in risk assessment for inorganic chemicals with particular reference to those used, generated and released in mining operations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 72 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 477 - 481
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2008

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