Innovations in Sustainable Mining

This book explores sustainable mining knowledge, assessing researchers on the impacts of waste and new approaches to negotiating these impacts. Mining has always been a profitable venture; however, it comes with several boons and banes. The significant advantages of mining include employment generation, the establishment of townships and trade centers, and socio-economic growth. However, the mining activity is a significant cause of environmental degradation, including soils, atmosphere, water, solid wastes, changed topography, and health hazards. This book emphasizes value-added products from mining wastes and innovations for balancing environment, ecology, and economy. This book is designed for miners, policymakers, professionals, researchers, scientists, industrialists, and environmental agencies.

Part I: Value Added Products from Mining Wastes.- Chapter 1. An Overview of Mining Wastes (Kirtikumar Randive).- Chapter 2. Red Mud in Pollution Control (Suchita Rai).- Chapter 3. Aluminum Dross (Upendra Singh).- Chapter 4. Geopolymers from Mining Rejects and Industrial Slags (P A Mohamed Najar).- Chapter 5. Geopolymers for Construction (Sneha Dandekar).- Chapter 6. Detoxification of Aluminium Spent Pot-Lining (M. T. Nimje).- Chapter 7. Beneficiation of Low-Grade material (P. G. Bhukte).- Chapter 8. Use of Saprolite in Refractory Industry (P. G. Bhukte).- Chapter 9. REE from Fertilizer Mineral Wastes (Yamuna Singh).- Chapter 10. Value Added Products from Mining Wastes (Abhijeet Bhondwe).- Part II: Innovations for Balancing Environment, Ecology, and Economy.- Chapter 11. Microbial Remediation of Mine Dumps and Soils (Anand Barapatre).- Chapter 12. Bioremediation of Chromium (Shweta V. Deote).- Chapter 13. Nanotechnology in Bioremediation (Bipin D. Lade).- Chapter 14. Mineral and MiningWastes (Nikhil Kulkarni).- Chapter 15. Mine Waters (Rajani G. Tumane).- Chapter 16. Bats in Abandoned Mines (Madhuri Thakre).- Chapter 17. Arsenic as an Exploration Tool (Gladson Bage).