Potential role of acid mine drainage management towards achieving sustainable development in the Johannesburg region, South Africa

TA Abiye, KA Ali - Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage has always been considered to be toxic to the environment. This paper
highlights its potential role from a water resource perspective in alleviating water supply …

Sustainable production of rare earth elements from mine waste and geoethics

M Jouini, A Royer-Lavallée, T Pabst, E Chung, R Kim… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
The vulnerability of the rare earth element (REE) supply in a global context of increasing
demands entails important economic and political issues, and has encouraged several …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of functional group types in ion exchange resins on rare earth element recovery from treated acid mine waters

M Hermassi, M Granados, C Valderrama… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ion-exchange (IX) resins incorporating single functional groups (sulfonic or amino-
phosphonic) and two functional groups (sulfonic and phosphonic) were evaluated for …

Pre-concentration and partial fractionation of rare earth elements by ion exchange

LB José, GC Silva, ACQ Ladeira - Minerals Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the pre-concentration and fractionation of rare earth elements (REE)
from an acid mine drainage (AMD), by using ion exchange technique. The AMD presents pH …

Recovery of rare earth element from acid mine drainage using organo-phosphorus extractants and ionic liquids

T Larochelle, A Noble, K Strickland, A Ahn… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acid mine drainage is a legacy environmental issue and one of the largest pollutants in
many mining districts throughout the world. In prior work, the authors have developed a …

Rare earth element recovery in hard-rock acid mine drainage and mine waste: A case study in Idaho Springs, Colorado

AJ Goodman, AJ Bednar, JF Ranville - Applied Geochemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
While the geochemistry of hard-rock generated acid mine drainage (AMD) and waste rock
has been extensively studied for environmental and toxicological impacts, their critical metal …

Recent progress on acid mine drainage technological trends in South Africa: Prevention, treatment, and resource recovery

J Baloyi, N Ramdhani, R Mbhele… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
South Africa is the home of major global mining operations, and the acid mine drainage
(AMD) contribution has been attributed to abandoned mine sites and huge pyrite-bearing …

Critical metal geochemistry in groundwaters influenced by dredged material

AJ Goodman, A Scircle, A Kimble, W Harris… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated critical metal (CM) geochemistry including rare earth elements
(REEs), Co, Ni, and Mn in groundwaters below and surrounding two dredged material …

Integration of layer-by-layer hollow-fibre nanofiltration membranes and crystallization for water reclamation and resource recovery from acidic mine waters

A Roa, J López, G Battaglia, A Cipollina, JL Cortina - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Water pollution remains a critical issue in the global mining industry. Moreover, the access to
a reliable source of raw materials such as Cu, Zn, Mg and Rare Earth Elements has become …

[HTML][HTML] Origin of rare earth elements in acid mine drainage traced by strontium and neodymium isotopes

R León, F Macías, CR Cánovas… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Acid mine drainage (AMD) generated from coal and sulfide mining has attracted much
interest due to the high concentrations of rare earth elements (REE) observed. However, the …