Air quality impact assessment of multiple open pit coal mines in northern Colombia

JI Huertas, ME Huertas, S Izquierdo… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The coal mining region in northern Colombia is one of the largest open pit mining regions of
the world. In 2009, there were 8 mining companies in operation with an approximate coal …

Challenges in raw material treatment at the mechanical processing stage

D Saramak - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper concerns problems related to the mechanical processing of mineral raw
materials. The aspects explored were limited to the analysis of comminution technologies in …

Dust and noise environmental impact assessment and control in Serbian mining practice

N Lilic, A Cvjetic, D Knezevic, V Milisavljevic… - Minerals, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an approach to dust and noise environmental impact assessment and
control in Serbian mine planning theory and practice. Mine planning defines the model of …

Assessment of the natural sources of particulate matter on the opencast mines air quality

JI Huertas, ME Huertas, G Cervantes, J Díaz - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Particulate matter is the main air pollutant in open pit mining areas. Preferred models that
simulate the dispersion of the particles have been used to assess the environmental impact …

Dispersion and modeling discussion of aerosol air pollution caused during mining and processing of open-cast mines

L Khazini, ME Dehkharghanian, A Vaezihir - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Given the importance of mining as a source of Total Suspended Particles (TSP) and fine
Particulate Matters (PM 10), it is important to develop appropriate methods for estimating …

Time series model prediction and trend variability of aerosol optical depth over coal mines in India

K Soni, KS Parmar, S Kapoor - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
A study of the assessment and management of air quality was carried out at 11 coal mines in
India. Long-term observations (about 13 years, March 2000–December 2012) and modeling …

New emission inventory of carbonaceous aerosols from the on-road transport sector in India and its implications for direct radiative forcing over the region

J Prakash, P Vats, AK Sharma, D Ganguly… - Aerosol and Air Quality …, 2020 - Springer
In this study, we categorized detailed mass-based emission factors (EFs) by age, calculated
new estimates of fuel use, and developed spatially resolved emission inventories of …

Demarcation of pollution-prone areas around the Manyoni Uranium Project, Tanzania

F Lolila, MS Mazunga, NB Ndabeni - Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2022 - Springer
This study employed PM10 source parameters and pre-processed topographical and
meteorological data as input into the AERMOD atmospheric dispersion model to demarcate …

Assessment of dispersion of respirable particles emitted from opencast mining operations: development and validation of stepwise regression models

SP Sahu, AK Patra - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2022 - Springer
This study gives insight into the spatiotemporal variability of respirable PM concentrations
around typically highly mechanized opencast coal mines in India and its influence on …

Meteorology drives ambient air quality in a valley: a case of Sukinda chromite mine, one among the ten most polluted areas in the world

SR Mishra, RP Pradhan, BAK Prusty… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2016 - Springer
The ambient air quality (AAQ) assessment was undertaken in Sukinda Valley, the chromite
hub of India. The possible correlations of meteorological variables with different air quality …