platinum mining environmental impact
Environmental Health Impacts of Platinum Mining
2014-9-9 · The main environmental impacts of platinum mining Solid waste – tailings dams and waste rock dumps 580 000 tons ore/ton Pt produced; Plus waste rock: 20% – 90% of ore (UGM) Water consumption: 273 to 544 m3/kg PGM (average about 400 m3/kg) Energy consumption (mine, concentrator and smelter): 168 to 256 GJ/ kg PGM CO 2e emissions: 40 to 50 t/kg PGM
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The Effects of Platinum Mining on the Environment from a ...
2006-7-11 · Environmental pressure from mining activities such as those from the platinum sector occurs through the fine-grounded slurry from the processing plants, with its associated extracting chemicals that reach the tailings disposal facility (TDF). It is important that the effects of these activities on the environment are examined, especially in South Africa where there is a general
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The Effects of Platinum Mining on the Environment from a ...
2021-11-10 · Environmental pressure from mining activities such as those from the platinum sector occurs through the fine-grounded slurry from the processing plants, with its associated extracting chemicals ...
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The Environmental Profile of Platinum Group Metals ...
2022-2-8 · Power consumption during mining and ore beneficiation has been identified as the major impact (72%) of the production of pgms on the environment; these two energy intensive processes precede the final separation of metals
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The environmental costs of platinum–PGM mining and ...
2010-4-1 · Review of platinum–PGM mining and processingThe platinum group is made up of six closely related metals with similar physical and chemical properties (Vermaak, 1995). They are divided according to their densities into a heavier category, comprising platinum (Pt), iridium (Ir) and osmium (Os), and a lighter group, consisting of palladium (Pd ...
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The Environmental Costs of Platinum-PGM Mining: An ...
2009-9-22 · The Environmental Costs of Platinum-PGM Mining: An Excellent Case Study In Sustainable Mining *Gavin M. Mudd1, Bonnie J. Glaister1 1Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, CLAYTON, Victoria, Australia 3800
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The environmental costs of platinum–PGM mining and ...
For platinum mining, we find that by comparing the operations phase of terrestrial and space mining, space mining would have a lower environmental impact, if
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The environmental costs of platinum–PGM mining and ...
The growing popularity of platinum group metals (or PGMs, including platinum and palladium) for a wide range of applications leads to some interesting issues for mining and sustainability. The uses of PGMs includes catalytic converters for air pollution control in vehicles, growing jewellery use, catalysts for various purposes (especially ...
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Impact of Platinum Group Element Emissions from Mining
2014-11-7 · The loss of PGE during metal production could be as much as 5 % of the global supply and represents a substantial economic loss. Studies on the impact of PGE mining and production activities are few. Further research is needed to better assess the environmental impact of PGE emissions from mining and production activities.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF PLATINUM GROUP
2020-1-24 · Â Power consumption during mining and ore beneficiation has been identified as the major impact (72%) of the production of PGMs on the environment; these two energy-intensive processes precede the final separation of metals during refining, thereby producing not only platinum, palladium and rhodium but also several other base
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The Environmental Costs of Platinum-PGM Mining: An ...
2009-9-22 · The Environmental Costs of Platinum-PGM Mining: An Excellent Case Study In Sustainable Mining *Gavin M. Mudd1, Bonnie J. Glaister1 1Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, CLAYTON, Victoria, Australia 3800
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Impact of Platinum Group Element Emissions from Mining
2014-11-7 · The loss of PGE during metal production could be as much as 5 % of the global supply and represents a substantial economic loss. Studies on the impact of PGE mining and production activities are few. Further research is needed to better assess the environmental impact of PGE emissions from mining and production activities.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF PLATINUM GROUP
2020-1-24 · Â Power consumption during mining and ore beneficiation has been identified as the major impact (72%) of the production of PGMs on the environment; these two energy-intensive processes precede the final separation of metals during refining, thereby producing not only platinum, palladium and rhodium but also several other base
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(PDF) " PLATINUM EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION,
Platinum extraction, uses and environmental impacts. A seminar presented to Tamil Nadu Agricultural University. . × Close Log In. Log in with Facebook Log in with Google. or. Email. Password. Remember me on this computer. or reset password. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. ...
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Environmental stewardship | Royal Bafokeng Platinum
Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) - Environmental stewardship, developed by Bastion Register for alerts ... WE RECOGNISE THAT BY THEIR VERY NATURE MINING ACTIVITIES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ... Baseline biodiversity and landscape function studies were conducted as part of the Environmental Impact Studies at Styldrift. We are in ...
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Towards a circular economy for platinum
2019-11-13 · of platinum ore are increasingly poor quality. The cost and environmental impact of mining increases as a material becomes harder to extract. This new study helps pave the way for higher recycling rates by mapping out the value chain of primary platinum: that is, the ‘journey’ taken by platinum for catalytic converters in the
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The impact of platinum mining in Rustenburg A high
2017-10-4 · mining companies to increase their operations’ wider socio-economic benefits. This high-level analysis provides a fresh outlook on the impact of the main platinum mining houses’ operations in the Rustenburg area and aims to contribute to the existing debate on the role of mining, corporate sustainability and living
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What Is The Environmental Impact Of The Mining Industry ...
2017-4-25 · Environmental Impacts Of Mining . As mentioned previously, mining activities can harm the environment in several ways. These are as follows: Air Pollution . Air quality is adversely affected by mining operations. Unrefined
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Appendix 2: Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining
2018-9-21 · sensitivity of specific ecosystems to mining is examined in Box A2.1. The most obvious impact to biodiversity from mining is the removal of vegetation, which in turn alters the availability of food and shelter for wildlife. At a broader scale, mining may impact biodiversity by changing species composition and structure. For example,
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Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining
2017-5-15 · While each process from mining all the way through fabrication and use, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of uranium mining, and in particular, the environmental impacts as a result of common mining practices.
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF PLATINUM GROUP
2020-1-24 · Â Power consumption during mining and ore beneficiation has been identified as the major impact (72%) of the production of PGMs on the environment; these two energy-intensive processes precede the final separation of metals during refining, thereby producing not only platinum, palladium and rhodium but also several other base
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Environmental stewardship | Royal Bafokeng Platinum
Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) - Environmental stewardship, developed by Bastion Register for alerts ... WE RECOGNISE THAT BY THEIR VERY NATURE MINING ACTIVITIES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ... Baseline biodiversity and landscape function studies were conducted as part of the Environmental Impact Studies at Styldrift. We are in ...
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Environment – Anglo American Platinum
We do this to ensure a sustainable mining environment that focuses on continuous improvement and prevention of pollution. Certified environmental management systems that are compliant with the ISO14001:2004 standard are entrenched at all our managed operations. In line with this standard, we have systems in place to report, review and remediate ...
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The impact of platinum mining in Rustenburg A high
2017-10-4 · mining companies to increase their operations’ wider socio-economic benefits. This high-level analysis provides a fresh outlook on the impact of the main platinum mining houses’ operations in the Rustenburg area and aims to contribute to the existing debate on the role of mining, corporate sustainability and living
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Asteroid mining might actually be better for the
2018-10-19 · Asteroid mining might actually be better for the environment. The first study of its environmental impact suggests that extracting resources such as platinum from asteroids might be cleaner than ...
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Exploring Potential Environmental Benefits of Asteroid
2018-10-11 · For platinum mining, we find that by comparing the operations phase of terrestrial and space mining, space mining would have a lower environmental impact, if the spacecraft is able to return between 0.3 to 7% of its mass in platinum to Earth, assuming 100% primary platinum or 100% secondary platinum, respectively.
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Problematic Platinum - Swedwatch
2021-2-16 · through the sales of mining equipment and use of platinum in catalytic converters. In this report, Swedwatch aims to discuss what expectations can be had and demands made on the Swedish companies’ business dealings with the platinum mining compa-nies and what responsibilities they have to contributing to sustainable development in the industry.
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Closing the loop on platinum from catalytic converters ...
2022-1-16 · revealed that the platinum group metals and gold display the highest environmental burdens. The environmental impact of the primary production of platinum is actually tremendous: around 40 tons CO 2 eq. plus 200 GJ to produce 1 kilogram of platinum (see section 4.3). Hopefully, the secondary
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The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South ...
2014-11-28 · The Impact of the 2014 Platinum Mining Strike in South Africa: An Economy-Wide Analysis Bohlmann, H.R., Dixon, P.B., Rimmer, M.T. and Van Heerden, J.H. November 12, 2014 Abstract In this paper we measure the economy-wide impact of the 2014 labour strike in South Africa’s platinum industry. The strike lasted ve months,
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Environmental Impacts of Uranium Mining
2017-5-15 · While each process from mining all the way through fabrication and use, the purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of uranium mining, and in particular, the environmental impacts as a result of common mining practices.
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