Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining

This book represents an important new contribution to the literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Its timely content has been prepared by several experts from around the world and its practical format addresses the major environmental predictive techniques required for the extraction and processing of metal resources. Packed with reviews and case studies, it covers current methods used to forecast environmental effects of metal mining.

List of contents

Waste Quality.- Water Quality.- Air Quality.- Land Quality.

About the author

Bernd Lottermoser is a professor in Sustainable Resource Extraction and Director of the Institute of Mineral Resources Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. In his varied career, he has worked in the mining industry and also in research and academic instruction in Australian, British and German universities. He has authored and coauthored over 200 scientific publications and reports in numerous earth science fields.

Summary

This book represents an important new contribution to the literature that presents practical and comprehensive solutions to mining activities. Its timely content has been prepared by several experts from around the world and its practical format addresses the major environmental predictive techniques required for the extraction and processing of metal resources. Packed with reviews and case studies, it covers current methods used to forecast environmental effects of metal mining.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bern Lottermoser (Editor), Bernd Lottermoser (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319427294
• ISBN: 978-3-31-942729-4
• No. of pages: 413
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 29 mm x 242 mm
• Weight: 808 g
• Illustrations: XV, 413 p. 151 illus.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geology; Umwelt, B, environmental science, engineering & technology, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution, Umweltverschmutzung und Gefahren für die Umwelt, Mineralogy, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Environmental Sciences, Mineral Resources, Water supply & treatment, Environmental Monitoring, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Environmental Science and Engineering