Abstract
The mining sector is one of the key economic drivers in Southern Africa. However, due to mining and minerals processing activities, huge amounts of waste are generated that have potential negative impacts to the environment. Various wastes such as wastewater, particulate gases, overburden, waste rocks, tailings and slag are generated during the value addition of the ores. Although there is potential for metal recovery and wastewater re-use from this waste generated it is critical that before a mining activity is done, an environmental impact assessment be done for sustainable mining activities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 137-142 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management |
| Volume | 2019 |
| Issue number | MAR |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 9th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2019 - Bangkok, Thailand Duration: 5 Mar 2019 → 7 Mar 2019 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Keywords
- Environment
- Mining
- Value addition
- Waste management
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Strategy and Management
- Management Science and Operations Research
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
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