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A review of sustainable management of mining waste

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dc.contributor.authorDamoah, E.
dc.contributor.authorHerat, S.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe sustainable management of mining waste continues to be of global concern, and a vital part of this is the associated environmental and social costs. The paper discusses the issue of mine waste management and what constitutes sustainable management. A comprehensive literature review and synthesis of existing mine-waste management practices was undertaken, and results further discussed and analysed with ecological, social, and economic sustainability. The review revealed that sustainable mine-waste management practices are those that apply techniques to reduce and prevent mine waste before its generation; reprocess to further extract valuable materials or recover minerals that may have been previously overlooked; downcycle remnant bulk material for a low purpose; and responsibly treat and dispose of after all possible uses for the materials have been considered. Poor mine waste management has ecological, social, and economic implications with rippling effects on ecological and human systems lingering on for many generations.
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2022; 29(3):342-359
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJEWM.2022.122684
dc.identifier.issn1478-9876
dc.identifier.issn1478-9868
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/31410
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInderscience Publishers
dc.rightsCopyright 2022 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript is available open access
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1504/ijewm.2022.122684
dc.subjectmining sustainability
dc.subjectmine-waste generation
dc.subjectmine-waste management practices
dc.subjectmine-waste review
dc.titleA review of sustainable management of mining waste
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
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