2016-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2016 Volume 5: Starkey Intl. Symp. / Mineral Processing
| Editors: | Kongoli F, Kumar P, Senchenko A, Klein B, Silva A.C., Sun C, Mingan W |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Pages: | 270 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-987820-44-7 |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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Treatment Of The Acid Waters From The Artana Mine
Bajram Mustafa1; Shyqri Kelmendi2; Asllan Vitaku3; Nagip Murati3;1TREPCA MIN.& METALL. COMPANY;UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA, Mitrovica, Kosovo; 2FACULTY OF GEO-SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, PRISTINE UNIVERSITY, Mitrovica, Kosovo; 3UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA, Mitrovica, Kosovo;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 177
Topic: 5
Abstract:
Artana Mine is part of Trepca mining company, which is known as one of the biggest Lead and Zinc ore recourses in Southeast Europe. The groundwater’s flowing from the Artana mine, in contact with sulphide minerals of Pb and Zn, but as well because of the composition of heavy metals and toxic substances such as Pb, Zn, Cd, As, etc., which have sensitive acidity, cause environmental pollution. The acidity of the mine effluents was calculated to 1024 mg CaCO3/L. This causes a permanent threat for stream waters, wells but as well the flow of cross-border rivers.
Being that levels of toxic elements exceeding the prevailing environmental limits,treatment of the polluted water from the mine, has been identified as a high priority from the Ministry of Environment in Kosovo as it is part of the strategy for environmental protection.
To prevent environmental pollution with these toxic metals, an appropriate chemical treatment with proper advanced technology should be conducted, using equipment and material for the neutralization and sedimentation which will provide the parameters set by European standards for waters category. Water after treatment with this process can be recycled and used in the ore flotation processes in order to produce concentrates.