2015-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2015 Volume 11: Recycling & Environmental
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Havlik T, Pagnanelli F |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 410 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-34-8 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Environmental and Health Impact of Hazardous Mining Waste
Jelena Djokic1; Mihone Kerolli-Mustafa1; Aleksander Djikic1;1INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE MITROVICA, Mitrovica, Kosovo;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 335
Topic: 10
Abstract:
Historically, metal extraction from mining activities has produced huge amount of waste which contains a lot of toxic metals. Due to the rapid environmental growth, this activity continues to attract the investor of the mining sector. Mining activities have lots of environmental and health impacts. The waste released from mining activities due to its highly acid nature contributes to a lot of environmental problems. Water leaching from the mining wastes might carry many toxic metals such as lead, zinc, copper, cadmium and arsenic. Such waste often possesses a significant threat for the vegetation and human health as well. These environmental and health effects of mining activities have been attracting attention recently and need seriously to be addressed.
The current paper focuses on the impacts of mining and mineral processing on the environment and human health in Mitrovica Region, Kosovo. In line with the problems outlined above the study presents the effects of mining on activities on soil, water and agricultural land within Mitrovica Region and determine and examine the intervention measures of Trepca Mine in ensuring the safety of residents in the surrounding mining area.
Key words: hazardous mining waste, environmental, health impact.