factors affecting plant establishment on mining tailings
Dec 17 2007 · In arid and semiarid regions plant establishment on mine tailings is further impeded by a number of physicochemical factors including extreme temperatures especially at the tailings surface low precipitation and high winds
Factors affecting TSF engineering Among the factors affecting TSF engineering since about 1980 has been the ongoing focus on finer grind of material in the metallurgical process to reduce particle size to increase extraction This continuing focus on finer grind has had a very significant impact on tailings seepage flow compressibility and
More DetailJul 19 2019 · Water conservation and the cost of tailings and reclamation are also becoming increasingly significant factors for sustainable and economically viable mining and longterm survival
More DetailSeedling establishment on iron mine tailings in New York States Adirondack Park was studied to determine if cover by the bryophyte Polytrichum piliferum Hedw facilitated or inhibited seed germination and seedling survival relative to other substrates present on the site
More DetailAlgom Ltd research has focused on marsh and floating plants while on nickel tailings Falconbridge Ltd submerged plants were studied In addition factors affecting the growth of one species of submerged plant at the two sites were compared in a reciprocal transplant experiment QUIRKE MINE WASTE MANAGEMENT
More DetailFactors affecting phytoremediation of mine tailings are discussed Abstract Mine tailings are detrimental to natural plant growth due to their physicochemical characteristics such as high pH high salinity low water retention capacity high heavy metal concentrations and deficiencies in
More DetailTailings consist of ground rock and process effluents that are generated in a mine processing plant Mechanical and chemical processes are used to extract the desired product from the run of the mine ore and produce a waste stream known as tailings
More DetailSoil factors affecting plant establishment on strip mine soils were examined Soil pH was below 40 and aluminum concentrations averaged from 28 to 40 meq100 g levels considered toxic to plants
More DetailThe influence of organic matter for plant establishment on tailings Plant growth and survival in sulphide mine tailings are restricted due to several factors High levels of sulphide minerals such as pyrite may when exposed to oxidation decrease pH in the tailings and release toxic levels of
More DetailMar 14 2019 · Background and aims Mine tailings are challenging substrates for ecological restoration as the establishment of diverse native plant communities can be constrained by a range of edaphic factors Nitrogen limitation and calcifuge plant strategies constrain the establishment of native vegetation on magnetite mine tailings SpringerLink
More DetailOver emphasis of certain vegetation attributes such as diversity of species grazing potential etc while ignoring the function that the vegetation cover has to fullfill the main function of a vegetative cover on gold tailings is to reduce air pollution dust and to reduce water pollution sediment and salt load
More Detailtheir plants and tailings storages from conventional to thickened technology The reason for this is the increase in the mass of tailings that can be accommodated on a given footprint and more importantly the greater volume of water that can be REGISTRATION BROCHURE recovered for reuse in the plant in arid areas PASTE AND THICKENED TAILINGS
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More Detailfactors to be considered while designing and evaluating the construction and methods of analysing the embankments stability KEY WORDS construction mining tailing dams stability 1 INTRODUCTION Design depends on the quantity and the individual characteristics of the tailings produced by the mining
More DetailThe influence of organic matter for plant establishment on tailings Plant growth and survival in sulphide mine tailings are restricted due to several factors High levels of sulphide minerals such as pyrite may when exposed to oxidation decrease pH in the tailings and release toxic levels of metals Ferguson
More DetailMay 04 2015 · A nine month greenhouse study was conducted at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center CEAC at The University of Arizona Tucson Arizona to track changes in soil quality during plant establishment in compostamended mine tailings Large polypropylene mesocosms 1 m in diameter and 05 m deep
More DetailAug 13 2015 · Although abiotic factors pose significant constraints for plant establishment in mine tailings 50 the development of microbial diversity is also crucial to facilitate and sustain plant growth and
More DetailJun 26 2019 · However plant growth is affected by limiting soil factors such as low pH low fertility high heavy metal concentration and a small seed bank to initiate establishment Gay and Korre 2006 Therefore improving soil physical and chemical properties is required for
More DetailThus both mine tailings and plant species characteristics ultimately influence plant metal uptake and will have to be evaluated on a sitespecific basis when using phytostabilization technology The success of phytostabilization depends on the use of locally adapted plants
More DetailFACTORS AFFECTING VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENT The principal factors affecting seedling establishment and plant growth in mine waste rock and tailings materials are spoil stability moisture retention drainage fertility soil temperature surface crust formation heavy metal toxicity pan formation in materials salinity and acidity
More DetailMore About Tailings Water Management Every aggregate or mineral producer who processes rock crushed stone sand coal limestone gold etc ends up with tailings Tailings are the unavoidable and undesirable ground rock and process washwater left over from the processing plant after the desired material has been separated
More DetailOLYMPIC DAM EXPANSION PROJECT Tailings Storage Facility Design Report P 17 of 105 42 EVAPORATION PONDS Surplus acidic water rainfall runoff supernatant liquor from the tailings cells together with excess acidic liquor from the slimes thickener are disposed in a
More DetailFactors affecting choice of opencast mining methods 1 Geography Legal status of land and mining rights Historical political and socialogical factors Geology Mining conditions Ore treatment requirements Economic analysis Geography Topography a function of location affects cost of development and operation of a surface mine
More DetailAnthropogenic Factors The term anthropogenic means of relating to or involving the impact of humans on nature Because human practices are the source of many waterquality contaminants in the YRB they must be described as an integral part of the environmental setting
More Detail255 Host Plant 256 Plant Cover and Time A literature review was carried out on the factors affecting the establishment Mine sites create considerable disturbance to ecosystems during the construction of pits overburden dumps and tailings Without active restoration
More DetailPhytostabilization Technology for Mining Wastes in Arid and Semiarid Environments PlantMicrobeMetal Indicators to Predict Sustainability Aim 1 Define the phylogenetic and functional diversity of the microbial community responsible for acidification of pyritic legacy mine tailings Aim 2 Identify mechanisms of rootmicrobemetal interactions in established plant fertility islands that immobilize contaminant metals
More DetailUnderground mining requires drilling deep shafts into the ore bed This technique employs water to prevent radiation exposure to laborers 4 The ore deposits are brought to the surface and arranged in piles near the extraction points Then ore is processed into Uranium yellowcake and the waste is
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