• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.445-452
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• 2000

The effects of sludge and fertilizer application on germination and seedling growth of woody plants on heavy metal mine tailings were evaluated by greenhouse experiment. Two different mine tailings (Lead-zinc mine tailings from Kwangmyong, Kyonggi-do and tungsten mine tailings from Sangdong. Kangwon-do). four fertilizer treatments (N +P +K: 20, 40, 60, and 80 kg/m$^3$), and four sewage sludge treatments (5.5, 11, 22.5, and 45 Mg/m$^3$) were used in the experiment. Tested plants were Pinus densiflora, Larix leptolepis, Amorpha fruticosa, and Alnus hirsuta. There were three replicates for each treatment. In addition, vermiculite was used instead of mine tailings to determine the effect of physical amendments. Fifty seeds of a species were sown in a pot (upper diameter 13.5 cm, depth 10 cm) and seedling emergence were recorded daily for 30 days. The highest germination rate was 53% for all treatments. Germination rate of Larix leptolepis was lowest among the four species studied. One month later after seeding, seedlings were thinned and only 5 seedling were left in each pot, and fertilizer and sewage sludge were applied once again. Growth of seedlings were determined for 10 weeks since then. Most plants grew very poorly or died within 5 weeks on lead/zinc mine tailings from Kwangmyong. The analysis of heavy metal contents by the total dissolution method showed that heavy metals generally increased in the order of tungsten mine tailings from Sangdong < sewage sludge from Puchon < lead/zinc mine tailings from Kwangmyong. Growth of woody plants was improved significantly by the fertilizer treatments on tungsten mine tailings. In contrast. survival and growth of woody plants were not affected significantly by the sewage sludge treatment on both tailings. This study shows that fertilizer applied to established seeded stands may provide some benefits in terms of increased ground cover in the field. It is suggested that reclamation should be proceeded by the study of the physico-chemical and biological characteristics of mine tailings.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2004

청양광산과 서보광산의 광미와 오염된 토양은 5단계 연속추출법을 실시한 후 추출된 중금속 함량을 ICP-AES로 각 단계별로 분석하였다. 청양광산과 서보광산의 광미와 오염된 토양 내 비소와 코발트는 대부분 잔류형태 단계에서 우세하였다. 카드뮴, 구리 및 아연의 경우, 청양광산의 광미는 산화성 형태가 우세한 반면에, 서보광산의 광미는 잔류형태로 안정하였다. 서보광산의 오염된 토양에 함유된 이들 원소는 산화철망간과 수반되었다. 청양광산과 서보광산의 광미 내 함유된 납은 다른 금속에 비해 이온교환형태로 존재하는 함량이 높아 오염 확산의 우려가 있다. 그러나 서보광산의 오염된 토양은 잔류형태로 존재하여 안정하였다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.670-674
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• 2005

The respiratory quinone profile was used as a tool for the study on microbial community structure in the mine tailings of abandoned mines over the depth. For the study, the area of Jingok mine located in Bongwha, Korea has been selected. The distributions of Cd, Cu, Pb, Al, Fe and Mn showed the following common patterns; the highest values in the upper part of mine failings (0-20 cm), rapid decrease with increasing depth. The dominant quinone species of the mine tailings were UQ-9 followed by UQ-10, suggesting that microbes had contributed to heavy metal degradation. The quinone contents in mine tailings ranged from 5.0 to 24.9 nmol/kg. The microbial diversity in the upper part of mine tailings (0-40 cm) was higher than that of lower part of mine tailings (100-120 cm).

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2019

How to safely and economically dispose mining tailings is a challenge to mine operators. This paper presents an alternative upstream method for tailings dam construction, termed as the template construction method (TCM), which has been successfully implemented at Zhelamuqing tailings impoundment since 2004. By the beginning of 2015, the tailings dam wall had reached 95 m in height for the 46 upstream raises, with the total height of the dam including the starter dyke being 128 m. The proposed TCM is relatively simple and cost-effective and provides a good way for constructing rapidly raising tailings dam based on this case.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 1998년도 공동 심포지엄 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.189-194
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• 1998

Geochemical study was carried out to find out the distribution of metals and cyanide in soil in the vicinity of the abandoned Keum-Jung mine. Chemical analysis showed that content of As in soil around tailings exceeded 15mg/kg, Korean standard of soil contamination in the farm land. That means the contamination of soil by As is due to input of tailings. According to total decomposition of tailings, As was highly concentrated in tailings. However the water in tailings impoundment was changed to acidic and contaminated by metal and sulfate because the tailings in the top of the tailings impoundment had been oxidized. Acid mine drainage contaminated the water course in the vicinity of the paddy soils. The proper measures are required to prevent contamination of the soil and water in the vicinity of the Keum-Jung mine.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 1999

구봉광산의 광미와 주변 밭과 논의 토양 및 하상퇴적물에서의 중금속과 시안의 분포 및 오염도에 대해 조사하였다. 광미 중의 As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn및 CN￣의 평균농도는 각각 6.93$\times$$10^{3}$, 56.9, 209, 5.03, 3.25$\times$$10^{3}$, 1.89$\times$$10^{3}$, 21mg/kg이었고 Kloke가 제안한 허용기준치를 이용하여 계산한 오염지수는 42~95이었으며 pH는 약알칼리성이었다. 광산과 인접한 밭 토양 중의 중금속과 시안 함량은 논 토양보다 높았다. 하상퇴적물 중의 중금속과 시안 함량은 광미 중의 분석치정도로 많이 검출되었다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2015

본 연구는 산성광산배수를 유발하는 광미를 연료전지 기술에 적용하여 유용하게 활용할 수 있는지 알아보기 위해 수행하였다. 황철석 성분을 함유한 광미와 철산화를 촉진하기 위한 철산화균을 포함한 토착세균을 사용하여 미생물연료전지를 구성하여, 광미 내 황철석 함량이 높을수록 연료전지의 전기적 효율이 향상됨을 확인하였다. 또한, 광미를 활용한 연료전지에서 토착세균 주입을 통해 전류밀도와 전력밀도를 각각 3배, 10배 정도 향상시켜, 철산화에 관여하는 미생물의 주입이 광미를 이용한 연료전지 효율 향상에 도움이 됨을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 광산 지역 토착세균의 생태학적 기능을 연료전지 기술과 활용해 광미로부터 오염유발 우려물질을 저감함과 동시에 전기 생산이 가능함을 확인하여, 광미를 활용한 미생물연료전지 기술이 광미의 무해화 및 전기 생산을 위한 기술로 사용될 수 있음을 보여준다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.54-62
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• 2010

본 연구는 석탄폐석을 폐갱도 충전용 골재로 사용 할 때 나타날 수 있는 문제점을 파악하고 그 해결 방안을 제시하기 위하여 수행되었으며, 석탄폐석이 가장 많이 적치되어 있는 태백지역의 함태 탄광 석탄폐석을 대상으로 석탄폐석의 물성, 석탄폐석으로부터 산성광산배수(AMD)의 발생 특성, 석탄폐석으로부터 중금속의 용출 특성 등을 조사하였다. 석탄폐석의 물성 연구에서는 석탄폐석의 입도분포, 입단별 화학조성 및 중금속 분포, 광물조성 등이 조사되었으며, 석탄폐석으로부터 AMD 발생 특성 연구에서는 시간, 온도, 황철석의 함량, 황화물의 종류, 폐석의 입도, 공존암의 종류 등이 AMD 발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하였고, 중금속 용출 특성 연구에서는 석탄폐석 만을 사용한 경우와 석회석과 석탄폐석을 혼합하여 안정화 시킨 시료를 대상으로 폐기물공정시험법, TCLP법, 장기연속추출법(컬럼시험)에 의한 중금속 용출 특성을 조사하였다. 연구 결과로부터 석탄폐석은 폐갱도 충전용 등의 골재로 재활용이 가능하나 지하수에 침수상태에 있는 폐갱 속에 석탄폐석 만을 투입하여 충전하면 충전 후 12일 경부터 AMD가 발생할 것으로 예측된다. AMD가 발생하면 높은 수소이온농도 때문에 폐갱 내 잔류하는 철재류 등으로부터 중금속의 용출을 가속화 하는 등 환경 요염의 염려가 있고, AMD의 발생을 막기 위해서는 석회석을 4%이상 혼합하여야 함을 알았다.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.175-183
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• 1999

진곡광산의 광미와 주변 밭과 논의 토양에서의 중금속과 시안의 오염도에 대해 조사하였다. 광미 중의 As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn및 CN￣의 평균농도는 각각 3.94$\times$$10^3$, 14.3, 266, 6,13, 4.07$\times$$10^3$, 2.51$\times$$10^3$, 1.19mg/kg이었고 Kloke가 제안한 허용기준치를 이용한 오염지수는 32~58 이었으며 pH 는 약산성이었다. 토양오염공정시험법에 의한 중금속 농도는 광미와 인접한 일부 토양만을 제외하고는 토양환경보전법의 농경지 우려기준이하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 1999

The objectives of this study are to investigate soil contamination in the vicinity of abandoned Au-Ag mine and to apply a remediation technique of liming to tailings. In the study area of the Imcheon Au-Ag mine, soils were sampled in and around the mine the analyzed by Atomic Absorption Spectrometry extracted by both 0.1N HCl and aqua regia. Elevated levels of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn concentrations extracted by 0.1N HCl were found in soils taken from tailings site. These high contents directly influenced metal concentrations in soils taken in the vicinity of the site. This is mainly due to clastic movement by wind and effluent of mine waste water. In addition, relatively enriched concentrations of the metals were found in soils extrated by aqua regia due to strong decomposition of the samples compared with 0.1N HCl extration. According to the statistical approach, metal concentrations in soils by 0.1N HCl had a positive correlation with those by aqua regia extraction. Mine waste waters and stream waters were also sampled around the mine in spring and summer and analyzed by AAS for Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn, and by Ion Chromatography for anions. Like soils developed over tailings, significant levels of metals and sulphates were found in the mine waste waters ranging of 0.2~0.3, 0.5~2.0, 0.2~2.8, 30~50 and 1,240~4,700 mg/l of Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn and $SO_4^{2-}$, respectively. These elevated levels influenced in the stream waters in the vicinity of the tailings site. In seasonal variation of metal and anion contents, relatively high levels were found in waters sampled on summer due to leaching the metals and anions from tailings by rain. This study also examined the possibility of lime treatment for remediation of acid mine tailings and assumed to be 46 tones of pulverized lime for neutralization of the tailings.