there is a rising concerns about the environmental impacts of the phosphate mining industries Most of the impacts are being reflected in the form of changes to local hydrology water contamination water consumption air pollution and human 9 Environmental impact of phosphate mining and beneficiation which is directly or indirectly
Get PriceIntroduction One of the two major environmental problems concerning the management of liquids in mining and mining related activities particularly relevant to a country like Chile is the natural generation of acidic mine drainages AMD or acidic rock drainages ARD produced by chemical and/or microbial oxidation of sulphides in the presence of air and water [1 2]
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