Barrier system for the treatment of nitrogen effluents from the Malmberget iron mine

• Main Authors: Herbert, Roger, Björnström, Joakim
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära 2009
• Subjects: Mineral and Mine Engineering; Mineral- och gruvteknik; Earth and Related Environmental Sciences; Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap; Linaälv; Malmberget; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-117758

At the Malmberget iron mine in northern Sweden, nitrogen from undetonated explosives is discharged from the mine with process water. After passing through a settling pond, excess process water is discharged to the Linaälv River via a spillway. Because of the risk for eutrophication in rivers and coa...