Soils constitute an important location for the transfer and retention of pollutants in the
environment. The contents of pollutants in soils are increasing due to geo-natural and …

Scandium (Sc) and Yttrium (Y) along with the other rare earth elements (REE) are being
increasingly extracted to meet the escalating demand for their use in modern high …

Ghana hosts a significant amount of minerals, and there has been an astronomic increase in
mining activities in the country. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of shea nut …

Environmental geochemistry classifies elements into essential, non-essential and toxic
elements in relationship to human health. To assess the environmental impact of mining at …

This work presents an attempt to establish the degree of anthropogenic influences of
selected trace metals distribution in soils from Calabar area of south-eastern Nigeria. Fe …

This study presents gold mineralisation and pathfinder elements characteristics in five
surficial regolith profiles, with the aim of enhancing exploration strategies in the north …

This study investigates geochemistry and ecological risk of artisanal gold mining-derived
potentially harmful elements in semi-arid soils in Burkina Faso. R-mode factor analysis …

This study was conducted to investigate the chemical speciation of yttrium and scandium in
selected types of soils and also determined the total content and profile distribution of those …

Due to rapid urbanization, industrialization and intensive agriculture in Ghana, upsurge in
heavy metals in soils have become a major concern. An environmental geochemical …

Tropical ultramafic regoliths (derived from iron‑magnesium‑nickel-rich mantle rocks) can
yield significant nickel and cobalt ore reserves and are mined across the Asia-Pacific …