This paper summarizes international state-of-the-art applications and opportunities for
employing and deploying hydrological, geochemical, and isotopic tools in an integrated …

The exploitation of coal resources will bring about a series of environmental problems,
which will not only affect the surface ecological environment of the region, seriously …

Mining includes modern, small-scale, and artisanal surface mining, strip mining, placer
mining, underground mining, solution mining, in situ mining, quarrying, or the extraction of …

Coal mine drainage (CMD) negatively affects aquatic ecosystems around the world. This
article presents the current state of regulatory guidelines and discharge limits established for …

Various features of a landscape contribute to the regulating ecosystem service of reducing
waterborne pollutant loading to downstream environments. At local scales, wetlands have …

Understanding and managing impacts from mining on groundwater-dependent ecosystems
(GDEs) and other groundwater users requires development of defensible science supported …

The removal of a nonrenewable natural resource such as metals or petrochemicals hardly
meets the definition of “sustainable”. However the methods used to extract the materials can …

The crust of South Africa has undergone various episodes and styles of mineralisation,
dating as far back as the Archaean. The suite of minerals produced is diverse and includes …

Increased attention has been paid to the influences of coal mining subsidence on the
ecological environment. The revegetation of former mining areas is critical to restore the …

The study of macroinvertebrate communities using a Reference Condition Approach (RCA)
is a powerful tool for detecting the impacts of mining activities due to heavy metal …