Lecture 10 - Mining Waste
Lecture reading: Handouts and recommended links (see below)
Handouts : Lecture slides 2022: Part 1 and Part 2.
Recommended links:
Acid Mine Drainage
Links to an external site.
If your interested, please, check out:
The Big Orange Problem: Acid Mine Drainage
Links to an external site.
Aitik mine (by Boliden)
Aitik
Links to an external site.
About AMD - an overview
Acid Mine Drainage: An Overview and Sustainability
Links to an external site.
More about AMD and how to avoid it/treatment ("slow start")
Acid Rock Drainage: The Facts
Links to an external site.
If you are interested in the critical raw materials. Please, see e.g.