Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mine part 1: passive treatment technologies for metal mine drainage remediation
This literature review has furthered our understanding of the international situation regarding sustainable treatment of abandoned minewaters.
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A review of passive treatment technologies for metal mines has revealed that a wide range of passive treatment systems are available, which operate with varying degrees of performance. Such systems range from proven technologies operating at full scale, through technologies that appear to offer promise but have yet to be demonstrated at full scale, to emerging technologies that have been investigated at laboratory-scale only.