Mining and mineral exploration has many effects on the surrounding environment. The
present study reviews the hydrological and environmental impacts of coal and nonmetal …

Problems of the social non-acceptance of the mining industry (particularly development
projects) is relatively new, so more widely discussed for a relatively short time. In this paper …

The tailings ponds (TPS) stemming from mineral resource exploitation are becoming a
global challenge due to their high hazards and pollution to the surrounding area. However …

Availability of clean drinking water is a basic necessity of human population. Therefore, the
current study was taken up for spatial analysis and human health risk assessment of …

The uncontrolled release of acid mine drainage (AMD) results in the ongoing deterioration of
groundwater and surface water, along with harmful impacts on aquatic ecosystems and …

Gold mining has played an important role in Ghana's economy, however the negative
environmental and socio-economic effects on the host communities associated with gold …

Mining-contaminated sites and the affected communities at risk are important issues on the
agenda of both researchers and policy makers, particularly in the former communist block …

Chinese population suffers severe health risk from dietary methylmercury (MeHg) exposure.
However, the temporal change of such risk and socioeconomic driving factors remain …

The aim of this paper is to present the validation of inductively coupled plasma optical
emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) method used for metals determination from several …

An anthropic ecosystem from Romania was investigated from acarological, vegetation and
chemical point of view. The community structures of two groups of mites were studied (Acari …