Mining and Metallurgical Waste as Potential Secondary Sources of Metals—A Case Study for the West Balkan Region

The aim of this paper is to present a chemical composition and quantities of mining and processing waste landfills material developed during historical mining and smelting. After detailed inspection, it was found that approximately 2.6 gigatons of the waste had been deposited at 1650 sites, covering...

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Published in:Minerals (Basel) 2022-05, Vol.12 (5), p.547
Main Authors: Šajn, Robert, Ristović, Ivica, Čeplak, Barbara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical analysis
Chemical composition
Contamination
Copper
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Environmental aspects
Gold
Inspection
Landfills
Lead
Metal industry wastes
Metals
Mine tailings
Mine wastes
Mineral resources
Mining
Pandemics
Pricing
Raw materials
Recovery
Silver
Silver mines
Socioeconomic factors
Tailings
Waste disposal sites
Waste materials
Zinc
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