Wetland-based passive treatment systems for gold ore processing effluents containing residual cyanide, metals and nitrogen species
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Wetland-based passive treatment systems for gold ore processing effluents containing residual cyanide, metals and nitrogen species.
Gold extraction operations generate a variety of wastes requiring responsible disposal in compliance with current environmental regulations. During recent decades, increased emphasis has been placed on effluent control and treatment, in order to avoid the threat to the environment posed by toxic constituents. In many modern gold mining and ore processing operations, cyanide species are of most ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2050-7887,2050-7895
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00410d