Copper slag, generated mainly during copper smelting, and classified as a potentially
harmful waste, is an important secondary resource containing not only valuable metals, such …

Slag is a waste product from the pyrometallurgical processing of various ores. Based on
over 150 published studies, this paper provides an overview of mineralogical and …

This review summarizes over 160 studies focused on soil contamination near non-ferrous
metal smelters. The methods of these investigations were examined with an emphasis on …

Chemical weathering is an integral part of both the rock and carbon cycles and is being
affected by changes in land use, particularly as a result of agricultural practices such as …

Metal uptake by plants occurs by soil− root transfer but also by direct transfer of
contaminants from the atmosphere to the shoots. This second pathway may be particularly …

Smelting activity by its very nature produces large amounts of metal-bearing waste, often
called metallurgical slag (s). In the past, industry used to dispose of these waste products at …

Cu-slags are a by-product of pyrometallurgical processing and contain elevated
concentrations of metallic elements that may be released during weathering. Hence, they …

This paper reports the results of a geochemical study focusing on the partitioning of As, Cd,
Cu, Pb, Sb and Zn in soils of the Kosovska Mitrovica mining area in northern Kosovo. The …

Pb/Zn smelter slag is a hazardous industrial waste from the Imperial Smelting Process (ISP).
The speciation of zinc, lead, copper and arsenic in the slag controls their recovery or fate in …

Mining and smelting of Cu ores in the Rudawy Janowickie Mountains (southwestern Poland)
from the 14th to the 16th century produced pyrometallurgical slags which currently form …