Landvinning : scenarier för efterbehandling och gestaltning av Aitikgruvan, Gällivare

• Main Author: Fogelqvist, Simon
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: Swedish; English
• Published: SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development 2008
• Subjects: gruvor; gruvverksamhet; återställa; återvinna; efterbehandla; landskap; gestaltning; Gällivare; Copper Mine; Aitikgruvan Gällivare
• Online Access: https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12165/

Open pit mining creates huge amounts of tailings and waste rock deposits. Due to it's content of sulphide minerals, predominantly pyrite (FeS2), there is a risk of oxidation and formation of acid water containing heavy metals, known as Acid Rock Drainage (ARD). To prevent the process of oxidati...