THE IMPACT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY TAILINGS ON THE ENVIROMENT AND THE WAYS OF ITS REDUCTION
Keywords:
tailings, heavy metals, environment pollution, methods to reduce the environmental loadAbstract
The tailings of the mining industry are environmental pollutants. Waste water from tailings causes significant damage, contains heavy metals and other hazardous elements, the concentrations of which exceed the MPC of heavy metals for water bodies. Dusting of dry areas, evaporation from the water surface, including heavy metal ions, pollute the atmosphere, water bodies and land areas.
Methods for reducing the environmental load from the impact of tailings are proposed.
