Impact of platinum group element emissions from mining and production activities
South Africa and Russia are the world?s leading platinum group elements (PGE) producers with over 80 % of the global PGE output. Studies performed in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia show that PGE mining and production activities are important regional...
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ftcapeput:oai:digitalknowledge.cput.ac.za:11189/5876 2023-05-15T17:04:59+02:00 Impact of platinum group element emissions from mining and production activities Rauch, Sebastien Fatoki, Olalekan S 2014 http://hdl.handle.net/11189/5876 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44559-4_2 en eng Springer Rauch S., Fatoki O.S. (2015) Impact of Platinum Group Element Emissions from Mining and Production Activities. In: Zereini F., Wiseman C. (eds) Platinum Metals in the Environment. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44559-4_2 http://hdl.handle.net/11189/5876 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ CC-BY-NC-SA South Africa Platinum Group Element (PGE) Mining and Production Book chapter 2014 ftcapeput https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44559-4_2 2021-11-19T12:41:17Z South Africa and Russia are the world?s leading platinum group elements (PGE) producers with over 80 % of the global PGE output. Studies performed in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia show that PGE mining and production activities are important regional PGE sources. Elevated PGE concentrations have been found in snow, soil, road dust, grass, moss and humus collected near PGE mining and production sites. The occurrence of elevated PGE concentrations near mining sites raises concern over environmental effects and exposure of the local population. Studies on the occurrence of PGE in remote environments also suggest that emissions from PGE production activities contribute to the global biogeochemical cycle of the PGE. The loss of PGE during metal production could be as much as 5 % of the global supply and represents a substantial economic loss. Studies on the impact of PGE mining and production activities are few. Further research is needed to better assess the environmental impact of PGE emissions from mining and production activities. Book Part kola peninsula Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT): Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Institutional Repository Kola Peninsula 19 29 |
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South Africa and Russia are the world?s leading platinum group elements (PGE) producers with over 80 % of the global PGE output. Studies performed in the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and on the Kola Peninsula in Russia show that PGE mining and production activities are important regional PGE sources. Elevated PGE concentrations have been found in snow, soil, road dust, grass, moss and humus collected near PGE mining and production sites. The occurrence of elevated PGE concentrations near mining sites raises concern over environmental effects and exposure of the local population. Studies on the occurrence of PGE in remote environments also suggest that emissions from PGE production activities contribute to the global biogeochemical cycle of the PGE. The loss of PGE during metal production could be as much as 5 % of the global supply and represents a substantial economic loss. Studies on the impact of PGE mining and production activities are few. Further research is needed to better assess the environmental impact of PGE emissions from mining and production activities. |
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