Mining Sustainability

The freshwater use in mineral processing is the amount of the natural surface or groundwater that is used to separate ...Read more

Large scale open pit mining results in considerable land disturbance to mine for minerals in surface level. The progressive rehabilitation ...Read more

Heap leaching is the process of accumulating crushed ores on a containment pad and spraying the chemical solution on them. ...Read more

IFC Performance Standard 3 (PS3) emphasizes resource efficiency and strict pollution prevention measures for industrial activities. In gold mining, meeting ...Read more

Acid Rock Drainage is one of the environmental problems in the mining industry that involves acidic, metallic runoff. The problem ...Read more

The initial step towards designing a mine closure plan involves establishing the basic principles. A mine closure plan involves designing ...Read more

Circular mines are a sustainable mining strategy that makes use of circular economic practices to make the mining process itself ...Read more

To make mining operations carbon neutral, a holistic engineering solution involving electrification, use of renewable energy sources, and technological innovations ...Read more

Acid mine drainage refers to the formation of acidic, metal-bearing water resulting from the exposure of sulfide minerals, primarily pyrite ...Read more

The all-in sustaining cost, abbreviated as AISC, is a cost metric used for the gold mining industry. It provides insight ...Read more