This book covers issues pertaining to uranium tailings with special reference to consolidation of radioactivity including systematic ecological strategy for consolidation of radionuclides in uranium tailings. It discusses sustainable consolidation of radioactivity and checks the migration of unextracted uranium from tailing piles to plants and atmosphere supported by a case study from a uranium mine. It provides simple ecological solutions for the remediation of radioactivity in mill tailings.Features: Provides insight into the application of applied ecology for bioremediation of radioactive wastes. Discusses species selection criteria for tailings radioactivity consolidation. Explains safe treatment of the tailings of radioactive ore processing plants. Illustrates the role of ethnobotany in the selection of the most appropriate species to effectively use in bioremediation. Focuses on experimental outcomes. This book is aimed at researchers and professionals in mining engineering, applied geology, nuclear tailings and environmental protection.

Lately we have received questions about the water quality at Quesnel Lake, so here are a few Q&A’s which address this subject. First, what it means to conduct remediation? According to the BC Environmental Management Act, “remediation” means action to eliminate, limit, correct, counteract, mitigate or remove any contaminant or the adverse effects on the […]

This piece of Rocky Butte Jasper is so stunning! I found it while visiting the mine in Oregon in 2022. It was such a fun adventure to go and collect all my own stones from the tailings piles. This stone has a funky shape, not the teardrop that I shaped it into, but the top is wavy and uneven, just like I found it. I custom cut the bezel for the stone to fit into it perfectly. Sometimes I like to leave these rocks as mother nature made them. This necklace is 10 inches from clasp to pendant and the double chain is an added detail to the whole look! I really love how this one turned out!

The Royal Peacock Opal Mine in Denio, Nevada, offers a unique gem mining experience where visitors can dig for rare black fire

Investigation finds ‘scientifically valid evidence’ massive tailings ponds in oilsands leaking, leaving Albertans wondering about clean up

In the words of Leonardo DiCaprio, “We only get one planet”. Yet many of us live like we have three to four more. Our air, lands, and water bodies, which we have polluted, are all parts of this environment. The diverse plants and animals around us depend on these resources just like we do. Therefore, we have a responsibility to not only think about how our environment affects us but also how we affect our environment. These environment quotes are set to inspire us to protect our precious natural surrounds.

This ghost Town can be found south of I-10 on Route 80 in southwest New Mexico. It is south of Steins. There were numerous open shaft mines in the area with lots of tailings. There was a sign that said no trespassing so of course I never went in to see the buildings or check out the tailings of the minds. It was fascinating. I was speeding down the Highway when this all flashed by. I went back to get some photos a few days later. Photographed by Michael J. Skinner © All rights reserved

More than a century of gold mining has left towering piles of bleached mine waste, known as "tailings," all over Johannesburg's landscape. Discovery of gold in the region in 1886 led to the township's founding and transformed a small, isolated farming community into South Africa's largest city. The extraction industry has been part of Johannesburg's identity ever since. The mountainous mine dumps have been a feature of the city for so long locals barely even notice them.

Beyond Spirit Tailings (CD) von Ellen Baumler, Philip Aaberg

An Indigenous woman has filed private charges in the 2014 collapse of the tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine, days after British Columbia's government announced that provincial charges would not be laid.

Photographer Edward Burtynsky used helicopters and drones to take aerial images of landscapes, such as copper mines and oil refineries, in the U.S. that have been reshaped by humans.

Denny Mountain near Snoqualmie Pass is a popular and visually stunning spot for finding quartz

In the words of Leonardo DiCaprio, “We only get one planet”. Yet many of us live like we have three to four more. Our air, lands, and water bodies, which we have polluted, are all parts of this environment. The diverse plants and animals around us depend on these resources just like we do. Therefore, we have a responsibility to not only think about how our environment affects us but also how we affect our environment. These environment quotes are set to inspire us to protect our precious natural surrounds.

Burtynsky’s unsettling large-scale images of industrial-scale extraction, urbanisation and deforestation reveal humanity’s devastating impact on the planet

From a Japanese volcano mid-eruption to the mesmerising serenity of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, a new book capturing breath-taking aerials of planet Earth will be released this week.

Largest dams in the world according to Structure Volume and these these dams also created Huge Reservoir that covers hundreds of square kilometers.

These photos capture the way things look after people leave.

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Mining has evolved in the 21st century into an indispensable industry that provides a variety of mineral products needed to sustain a modern society. To achieve efficiency, it has also grown into an integrated enterprise of enormous size, wielding substantial economic power. Tailings is essentially a fine-particle mine-waste byproduct. Its management has gone through major transformations in the last century. In early years tailings was disposed of out of sight and literally out of mind. However, due to the physical and chemical characteristics of tailings, this laissez-faire approach in dealing with its disposal led to significant environmental degradation such as pollution and blockage of watercourses, etc. With the rising environmental protection movement, the mining operation is under increasing regulatory constraints and governmental monitoring.Modern tailings dams have become major hydraulic structures designed, constructed, monitored until they are properly closed andreclaimed after the completion of mining tenure. These dams are often higher than 100 m, with a storage capacity of over hundreds of million cubic metres, serving a vital industrial function for the public. Unfortunately, when such a dam fails, it unleashes enormous destructive power causing inundation of water and tailings mud over the downstream area resulting in fatalities and lasting environmental degradation.This book presents a condensed monograph on forensic investigations of select case histories of failed tailings dams. The selection tends to emphasize recent cases that have representative characteristics including those affecting the evolution of the current practice of tailings dam engineering. Efforts are made to facilitate readers' understanding of important factors involved by using plain language. Technical terms are clearly explained before their usage. The objective of the monograph is to provide a neutral reference on tailings dam failures for all stakeholders.The author hopes ongoing dialogues by all stakeholders on the important topics of dam safety will raise the safety standard of tailings dams to a new level compatible with public expectations of the sustainable mining industry.

This is a satiny piece of green and fairly soft chlorite schist in which a porphyroblast of red almandine garnet is embedded. From our recent mineral finding expedition to North Carolina, this piece was found in a creek running through the area directly below the Little Pine Garnet Mine adit in Marshall, Madison County, North Carolina. The adit extends into a hill about forty yards, and was only active for two years, in 1904-1905. For a fee, you can dig and search the tailings on the hillside and the creek, in which can be found solitary garnets, garnets in schist, and quartz. Tailings on sloping hill and crew (Barb, Michelle, Rod) pictured on site. Measures 2.5 x 2 x 1.25 inches.

Downtown Picher, or what's left of it. The rest should be gone soon, as the entire town is slated for demolition.

There are more than 1,700 dams holding mine waste all over the world, as reported to the Church of England. Almost 700 of these dams are classified as high risk.

The first study of pollution from unconventional oilsands mines has concluded that so-called in-situ techniques also introduce contaminants into the environment.

One of the world's greatest aerial photographers to be exhibited in London for the first time. Photographing from 5000ft, Alex MacLean's images reveal the complexities and absurdities of contemporary life across America and Europe. The exhibition takes place from Monday March 3, 2014 to Saturday March 29, 2014 at Beetles + Huxley, 3-5 Swallow Street, London W1B 4DE.