Spasovski, Orce and Dambov, Risto (2009) The influences of exploatation of coloured metals on the environment. In: Proceedings of X Jubille National Converence with international participation of the open and underwater mining of minerals, 07-11 June 2009, Varna.
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The pollution of the environment in the last few decades has been the subject with least attention, but the last few years this topic has a priority. The issue of the presence of hard and toxic metals in the waters is of special interest. We can witness the changes of the environment that man imposes with its existence and functioning, which sustain a greater degradation every day and we may not be very far from the truth that our planet will become a dangerous place for living. We should not forget that the environment is the only place to live and work not only for the present but also for the future generations and we should not allow man’s interventions in the nature to
lead to its complete destruction. A great number of problems related to the pollution of the environment are connected with the mining activities. The nature of the pollution depends on the extracted materials and their further
processing. The mines for lead and zink (Sasa, Zletovo, Toranica), copper (Buchim), iron and nickel (Rzanovo) are the main polluters. Even though more prevailing and numbered, the exploitation of the building stone, gravel and sand, is far less significant from a chemical aspect of pollution.
Both the surface digging sites and the underground mining operations, usually spread under the level of underground waters, which very often requires large drainage capacities in order to enable the progress in mining.
The mining waters are usually highly mineralized, with low pH value (up till 3), high content of iron, copper, lead, zink, aluminum and sulfats. The outflow of the mining waters into the surface and underground waters can initiate serious consequences on the quality of the water and the environment itself. This paper presents the influence of the mining activity on water, air, earth and noise occurrence.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | mining activity, environment, pollution, soils, hard metals, Sasa Mine, Buchim Mine |
| Subjects: | Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies Natural sciences > Other natural sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Orce Spasovski |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2012 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2013 07:42 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/2349 |
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