Institute of Integrated Mineral Development – IPKON, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia:

E. G. Ozhogina, Chief Researcher, Professor, Doctor of Geologo-Mineralogical Sciences
I. V. Shadrunova, Head of Department, Professor, Doctor of Engineering Sciences
T. V. Chekushina, Leading Researcher, Associate Professor, Candidate of Engineering Sciences, councilras@bk.ru

The paper deals with a pressing issue of the environmental impact of mining due to increased accumulation of mineral mining and processing waste in dumps and tailings ponds. The waste storages occupy vast areas and damage the environment by dust and gas emission as well as water and soil pollution with toxic substances. The cardinal solution to these problems is the recycling of waste with the recovery of useful components from then and with the production of building materials. The main purpose is to reduce the volume of waste storage and to clear a part of land occupied by waste. The reasonable selection of the waste recycling methods and equipment needs complete and reliable information on structure and composition of waste bodies. Such data are provided by comprehensive mineralogical research of mineral mining and processing waste. The authors have developed a function chart of the integrated mineralogical analysis of mining and processing waste, which allows developing scientific basis for recommendations on handling environmental problems in mining regions.

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