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Mine Water Sustainability and the Management of Sustainable Mining Practices with Special Reference to Tungsten Mining Authors: V.F. Navarro - Torres, R.N. Singh, A.G. Pathan
Currently all over the World, the sustainable developments of the human activities are being given
increasing importance. Mining operations play a vital role in fulfi lling economic and social growth of
a nation and therefore, it is necessary to develop sustainable mining practices (SMP) to actualise sustainable
developments. One of the major components of the sustainable mining practices is the management of
water regime during mining operations for the present and future generations.
For real and effi cient management of water regime from pre-mining to post-mining stages, a sustainability
index has been developed which follows a mathematical model based on the three environmental
indicators including Physio-chemical properties, Toxic elements, Other Components.
This paper is concerned with the assessment of Mine Water Sustainability due to Tungsten mining
and describes the availability of tungsten resources throughout the World together with the mine water
sustainability results of an Underground Tungsten mine in Portugal. |
2011