Mining Waste Management and Resource Recovery

Dear Colleagues,

The focus of this Special Issue is on the value and importance of mine waste management and sustainable mining management. Mine waste management, recovery, and recycling are becoming increasingly important due to increasing expectations from governments, non-government organisations, and local communities. Mine waste management can be a significant challenge for many mining companies given the large volumes of mine waste produced and the environmental hazards associated with the mine waste. Modern mine waste management plans have to include both the storage and long-term stabilisation of waste. In addition, many mining companies are now being forced to consider mine legacy values post the completion of mining operations. Mine waste can include tailings, slags, sludge, overburden, waste rock, water, solids, and gaseous waste. These wastes are dependent on the ore, the mining process and extractive technology used. Many benign mine wastes can be used in landscape reconstruction, vegetation rehabilitation, road and dam construction, backfill, dust suppression (recycled waste water) and land reclamation. However, new and innovative uses for mine waste management practices are also being developed that help to reduce the negative impacts of both mining operations and mine closures and are increasingly being incorporated into the design and planning of new mines.

The publication of this Special Issue will hopefully add to the sharing of knowledge and also in the establishment of best practice methodologies in sustainable mine waste management.

Prof. Dr. Michele Rosano
Dr. Katerina Adam
Dr. Maria Menegaki
Guest Editors

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