Uncertainty in the measurement of toxic metals mobility in mining/mineral wastes by standardized BCR® SEP

Journal of Hazardous Materials
Manuel A CaraballoMercedes Becerra-Herrera

Abstract

Mining residues management is one of the greatest challenges for mining companies around the world. The increasing consciousness of the general public and governments about the potential threat that those residues can pose to the environment is demanding consistent and precise methodologies for assessing the potential release of toxic metals. On this regard, the modified BCR® sequential extraction procedure (SEP) is frequently the chosen assessing protocol. However, this protocol was designed to study soils and sediments with low to moderate metal pollution, and validation of its applicability to mining residues is missing. The present research covers this gap of knowledge by subjecting selected highly polluted mining residues to the modified BCR®SEP. On the light of these results, it was confirmed that most of the metal bearing minerals in the mining residues were not completely dissolved in the corresponding SEP and, therefore, the application of BCR®SEP to mining residues systematically leads to an underestimation of metals mobility. The necessary changes to optimize the BCR®SEP to study mining residues would set a extraction procedure distinctively different from the original; thus it is strongly recommended to use alternat...Continue Reading

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Mar 25, 2019·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Marouen JouiniMostafa Benzaazoua
Jul 2, 2021·Environmental Science and Pollution Research International·Valquíria Maria de Carvalho AguiarEstefan Monteiro da Fonseca
Aug 28, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Yuri Vodyanitskii, Dmitry Vlasov

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