Sulphuric acid is typically injected into the aquifer rock that contains the uranium to dissolve it. The mine then pumps out the aquifer water and removes the uranium. The process repeats until ...

In addition, low-cost, useful products like environmental purification materials made from alkaline by-products and waste products are being developed, and it is expected that they will be used also ...

have unveiled a tool to help reduce and prevent water pollution caused by acid rock drainage and metal leaching from mines. The ‘Tool for Acid Rock Drainage and Metal Leaching Prevention and ...

South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about a week after resurfacing from a disused mine in South Africa where 246 ...

A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² across Namibia, South ... that mine effluents and acid mine drainage ...

This is because uranium mines drill thousands of boreholes over more than 1,000 hectares. Sulfuric acid is typically ... Botswana and South Africa must jointly monitor and manage important water ...