Mine tailings are detrimental to natural plant growth due to their physicochemical
characteristics, such as high pH, high salinity, low water retention capacity, high heavy metal …

The main mechanism of plant tolerance is the avoidance of metal uptake, whereas the main
mechanism of hyperaccumulation is the uptake and neutralization of metals through specific …

Objective Unreclaimed mine tailings sites are a worldwide problem, with thousands of
unvegetated, exposed tailings piles presenting a source of contamination for nearby …

Nuclear power reactors are operating in 31 countries around the world. Along with reactor
operations, activities like mining, fuel fabrication, fuel reprocessing and military operations …

Soil pollution by lead, zinc, cadmium and copper was characterized in the mine tailings and
surrounding soils (arable and pasture lands) of an old Spanish Pb–Zn mine. Sixty soil …

The pollution of soil by trace elements is a global problem. Conventional methods of soil
remediation are often inapplicable, so it is necessary to search intensively for innovative and …

Fly ash generates as the result of coal combustion in thermoelectric power stations whereas
ore mining activities produce mine waste-rock and tailings worldwide. High concentrations …

This study includes tailing from gold mine, at Allaqi Wadi Aswan, Egypt, used by incident
Egyptian and after by some English companies. Tailings, soils and wild plants (Acia …

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology for the remediation of mine tailings, a global
problem for which conventional remediation technologies are costly. There are two …

The degree of contamination by heavy metals (arsenic, copper, lead, tin and zinc) in soil and
transfer to plants has been studied. Specimens of plant species from five locations in an …