Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Subject "Mining"
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Addressing critical water and waste issues in Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) : the case of coal mining in South Africa
(North-West University, 2018)Internationally, the assessment of mining related impacts has been a particular focus of environmental impact assessment (EIA) research and practice, with a wealth of literature on the subject. In light of the significant ... -
Barriers and opportunities to the implementation of a zero waste to landfill goal – a platinum mining case study
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)According to Kaza et al (2018:18), the global amount of waste generated on an annual basis has reached 2.01 billion tonnes, with only 30% being diverted away from landfill through re-use, recycling, composting or incineration. ... -
The configuration of the East Rand Basin surface runoff model used for source apportionment studies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2015)Numerous mines have been operating in the East Rand Basin (ERB) since the 1940s. Most of these mining activities have since ceased and the mines are busy flooding . If decant of acid mine drainage takes place, treatment ... -
Drought effects on the herbaceous community structure of transformed Mopaneveld
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Semi-arid Mopaneveld vegetation structure is driven by herbivory, fire, nutrients and rainfall variability. The floristically homogenous herbaceous layer is highly dynamic and dominated by forbs. Forb species contribute ... -
Environmental authorisations and mining organisations
(North-West University, 2005)Mining is essential to the human well-being in many aspects. Mining activities, however, contribute significantly to pollution and other environmental impacts in South Africa. Recently much more stringent environmental ... -
Evaluating radiological impacts due to uranium mining in the Erongo Region, Namibia
(North-West University (South Africa), 2022)The unambiguous and continuously increasing exposures of human beings to terrestrial radiations is highly attributed to naturally occurring radioactive materials in the environments. Background radiation had been increasing ... -
Framework and regulatory guidance to perform safety assesments for mining and mine remediation activities
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)This study provided the opportunity to apply the source-receptor-pathway method of solving challenges. The source being the initiation point of the challenge; the pathway, being the routes towards the receptor; and the ... -
Herbaceous species diversity, redundancy and resilience of Mopaneveld across different land-uses
(North-West University (South Africa), 2016)Savanna ecosystems are under increasing arthropogenic pressure. In semi-arid Mopaneveld, few studies have aimed to quantify and evaluate the extent to which anthropogenic disturbances affect plant diversity and function ... -
An integrated rainfall-runoff water quality model in a mine impacted karst environment
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)A fully distributed rainfall-runoff model was developed for the Wonderfonteinspruit catchment (± 1 600 km2), in order to accurately determine the rainfall-runoff and mass transport model’s hydrological components that may ... -
Managing biodiversity in a developing country mining context
(North-West University, 2011)South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. However, biodiversity is suffering under the huge demand for natural resources and the increasing dependence of rural communities on these same ...