Insight into acid generation and the release risk of Cd, Cu and Mo from a high-latitude polymetallic mine in China
Guannan Liu, Zihui Ma, Dexian Li, Rouxing Pan, Xiaosai Li, Zunzhuang Ke, Ruiping Li, Yuanyi Zhao, Huan Liu, Liming Dong · 2025
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Guannan Liu and co-authors weighed the pollution risk from a far-north mine in China, in a 2025 study. Mining frees heavy metals, and each metal leaks from waste at its own pace. The team sampled tailings, ores, and surface water at a site rich in several metals, testing how cadmium, copper, and molybdenum might escape.
Tailings held high metal levels yet were judged non-acid-forming, which marks a low release risk. Only some ore samples, rich in all three metals, crossed into acid forming. Acid water freed cadmium and copper fastest, while the third metal leaked more under neutral or alkaline water. The split behavior guides how each waste pile should be guarded.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Guannan Liu, Zihui Ma, Dexian Li, Rouxing Pan, Xiaosai Li, Zunzhuang Ke, Ruiping Li, Yuanyi Zhao, Huan Liu, Liming Dong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |