Long standing residents of Northern New Mexico hold a special relationship with water, through both centuries old and time immemorial water stewardship practices. In the face of ecological threats, such as mining, water diversions and evolving social dynamics, Northern New Mexic…
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The eastern basin acid mine drainage treatment plant was launched in February 2017. The short-term treatment (STT) of acid mine drainage (AMD) involves a high-density sludge management system and the purpose of the treatment is to discharge improved (neutralised) quality of wate…
For more than a century, a large volume of gold-mining tailings was deposited in Whitewood Creek and the Belle Fourche River, tributaries to the Cheyenne River in western South Dakota. Much of it still remains, and field and historical evidence indicates continued remobilization…
Machine automation and atmospheric monitoring are used by many industries to improve safety and productivity in the workplace. The underground Methane Watchdog System (MWS) is a multi-nodal network of sensors currently under development. The MWS aims to improve safety and produc…
Insecticide application via indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets (LLIN) has been a key component in combating malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, with pyrethroids being the traditionally recommended insecticides. However, the resistance of Anoph…
This dissertation evaluates how unequal power structures generate a form of structural violence that becomes embodied by people who live within them, and explores how historical narratives of the colonial experience have obfuscated the realities of the Indigenous experience of c…
Thin Film Composite (TFC) membrane technology has been applied in the removal of various pollutants from wastewater. TFC membranes have small pore sizes which enable the rejection of multivalent ions such as those found in Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Also, nanoparticles with desir…
Short-term mine production scheduling for underground mines is considered to be both complex and crucial not only for having successful operations but also for accomplishing targets stated for the medium- and long-term mine plans. Moreover, underground operations are also known …
Land reform is important to correct historical injustices in all districts of South Africa, including the Waterberg District Municipality. There is consensus, globally, that there are trade-offs among diverse land reform objectives, namely: social, economic, political and enviro…
On average, 3 out of 3,500 tailings storage facilities (TSF) experience failure per year, which is approximately 10 times higher than regular water retention dams. These failures have led to severe environmental damages, loss of life, and substantial financial loss and motivated…
Climate change is influencing the biogeochemical dynamics of lake systems in northern Canada. These changes may affect the loading and cycling of naturally occurring metal(loid)s and the long-term stability of mining-derived contaminants in sub-Arctic lakes. Arsenic (As) concent…
La crisis ambiental, mencionada por algunos autores como crisis civilizatoria, representa un momento histórico que requerirá de un punto de inflexión y la revisión de las formas de desarrollo que han causado dicha crisis. Esta investigación presenta un relato acerca de este tiem…
Carbon, Wyoming, occupied between 1868 and 1902, was the first established coal mining town along the Union Pacific Railroad in the state. Within the context of industrial expansion in the western U.S., the community at Carbon was intimately connected to larger 19th-century labo…
İnsanlık tarihi boyunca yaşanan değişimler nedeniyle, insanoğlu değişime ayak uydurarak ve ihtiyaçlarını karşılayarak yaşamını sürdürmek zorunda kalmıştır. İnsanın besin ihtiyacının karşılanması, yaşamın sürdürülmesi noktasında temel faktördür. Çünkü insanlar enerjilerini gıdada…
Occupational noise induced hearing loss (occupational NIHL) is one of the leading causes of permanent hearing impairments not only in developing countries since developed countries such as the US also have a large number of employees who are at risk of occupational NIHL. A numbe…
This dissertation investigates overall the impacts of the modern extractive mining industry on the lives of local people in the region of Kedougou, and in particular in the villages of Sabodala and Faloumbo. It explores also, how the utilitarian narratives about corporate mining…
Afghanistan, a nation battered after three decades of war and conflict, has a new opportunity to reset the calculus on its internal and regional insecurities through the establishment of a mineral mining economy. Following the invasion of Afghanistan by coalition forces in the f…
This dissertation is an ethnographic examination of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) movement in the mining industry. Using Newmont Mining Corporation in Denver and Newmont's Batu Hijau copper and gold mine in Sumbawa (Indonesia) as case studies, I trace the emergence a…
Tin mining on the Jos Plateau was the major income earner in Nigeria before petroleum was discovered in the Niger Delta region in 1958. The excavation for tin left the Plateau landscape environmentally depleted, with over forty-six per cent of its land filled with gullies and po…