ReviewToxics2023
Socio-Environmental Risks Linked with Mine Tailings Chemical Composition: Promoting Responsible and Safe Mine Tailings Management Considering Copper and Gold Mining Experiences from Chile and Peru.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Global, Interdisciplinary Research to Guide a Secure and Sustainable Expansion of Mineral Supply Chains.Environmental science & technology letters · 2026Review
- Co-Bioleaching of Pyrite Flotation Tailings and Crushed Printed Circuit Boards.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment of Metals in Peruvian Avocados Using a Probabilistic Approach.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mine Tailings as a Sustainable Filler for Asphalt Binder-Mastics: A Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Harnessing hyperaccumulator plants to recover technology-critical metals: where are we at?The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Assessment of microbial communities from cold mine environments and subsequent enrichment, isolation and characterization of putative antimony- or copper-metabolizing microorganisms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Low-Cost Sensors Technologies for Monitoring Sustainability and Safety Issues in Mining Activities: Advances, Gaps, and Future Directions in the Digitalization for Smart Mining.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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Abstract
There is a need to define mine tailings in a clear, precise, multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and holistic manner, considering not only geotechnical and hydraulic concepts but also integrating environmental and geochemical aspects with implications for the sustainability of mining. This article corresponds to an independent study that answers questions concerning the definition of mine tailings and the socio-environmental risks linked with mine tailings chemical composition by examining the practical experience of industrial-scale copper and gold mining projects in Chile and Peru. Definitions of concepts and analysis of key aspects in the responsible management of mine tailings, such as characterization of metallic-metalloid components, non-metallic components, metallurgical reagents, and risk identification, among others, are presented. Implications of potential environmental impacts from the generation of acid rock drainage (ARD) in mine tailings are discussed. Finally, the article concludes that mine tailings are potentially toxic to both communities and the environment, and cannot be considered as inert and innocuous materials; thus, mine tailings require safe, controlled, and responsible management with the application of the most high management standards, use of the best available technologies (BATs), use of best applicable practices (BAPs), and implementation of the best environmental practices (BEPs) to avoid risk and potential socio-environmental impact due to accidents or failure of tailings storage facilities (TSFs).
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