Revegetation ex-Limestone Mining Soil with the …
Revegetation, Limestone Waste, Humic Acid PT Akarna Marindo is a limestone mining company located in West Bandung that will carry out revegetation activities with Arabica coffee plants on ex-mining land. PT Akarna Marindo did this by mixing a combination of <5 mm limestone waste from crusher activities and humic
A novel environmental restoration method for an abandoned limestone …
1. Introduction. Mining provides important raw materials for national economic development and the progress of human civilization and is a mainstay industry of many countries and regions [].Moreover, open-pit mining is generally preferred in mining operations due to its applicability in all operable areas of exposed rock, minimum …
Vegetation patterns on a landslide after five years of natural
1. Introduction. Landslides, a common type of secondary geological disaster which was resulted from natural and human activities, often cause catastrophic damage to vegetation (Gonzalez-Ollauri and Mickovski, 2016, Guariguata, 1990).The Loess Plateau, China, which experienced extreme environmental conditions like soil erosion, low …
Effectiveness of cellulose, straw and binding materials for mining
1.. IntroductionThe vegetative restoration of disturbed areas implements functions such as screening, stabilising slopes and erosion control, improving soil conditions and structure, and visual improvement of landscape characteristics (Coppin and Bradshaw, 1982, FAO, 1985).It usually constitutes first priority activity, in inclined slopes, for their …
Active restoration of vegetation after mining activities: a …
Behura, S., Kar, M., Upadhyay, V.P., 2016. Distribution pattern of herb and tree species at reclaimed over burden dumps of chromite mine in Sukinda Region, Odisha, India.
Active revegetation after mining: what is the contribution of …
Research on active revegetation of mining areas increased from the 1980s to 2017, and is highly biased towards studies in the USA, temperate climate and coal mines. Most of the research works selected and analyzed in this review focused on treatments that improve soil conditions, with fewer articles being referred to other ecological aspects ...
Phytosociological Studies on Natural Establishment of …
Phytosociological structure was studied in limestone mining quarries at Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil. Quarries presented a chronosequence, ranging 1 to 40 years old, with focus on vegetation community organization, floristic similarity and plant diversity of three areas in different successive stages, devastated by limestone mining. A total of
Vegetation patterns on a landslide after five years of natural
Vegetation patterns on a landslide after five years of natural restoration in the Loess Plateau mining area in China ... with higher species diversity, coverage, and abundance (An et al., 2018). Moreover, natural revegetation normally resulted in the soil with richer organic matter (Hu et al., 2018, Jin et al., 2014, Zhang and Shangguan, 2018 ...
DENR issues guidelines on responsible mining
Meanwhile, the order also mandates the progressive rehabilitation or temporary revegetation of disturbed areas, to be undertaken at every stage of mining operation to restore mined-out areas and ...
Wafra Mining
Wafra Mining. A geological and economic feasibility study conducted by MDO found large reserves of high-purity limestone, up to 15 million tonnes, in its concession area in Wadi Al Jizi. Therefore, a …
Effects of Limestone Mining on Deforestation and Land Degradation in
A large open pit due to limestone mining in the study area. (Photo by Hancelm Haule, 2015.) Respondents views on the extent of deforestation due to limestone mining.
Oman plans to develop a integrated mining area in Dhofar
Muscat: Minerals Development Oman is working to develop an integrated world-class mining area in Shuwaymiyah in the Wilayat of Shalim and the Hallaniyat Islands in the Dhofar Governorate. This ...
What Are The Major Natural Resources Of Oman?
The main copper reserves are located in the Suhar area of Al Batinah coast. Copper mining operations in Oman are carried out by the Oman Mining Company which is government-owned. Ore processing at the Sohar complex began in 1983. The Far East is the main market for products of the Oman Mining Company, with the biggest markets in …
Responses of Natural Microorganisms to Land Reclamation …
Extensive coal mining causes significant ecological and environmental impacts on the local ecosystem, especially on the terrestrial ecosystem. Mining activities induce the degradation of topsoil physico–chemical characteristics and the succession of soil microbial communities. The soil microbial community is sensitive to soil disturbance …
Plant Community, Soil and Microclimate Attributes …
With globally more than 100,000 km2 impacted by surface mining at present, and with increasing demand for surface-mined products, land managers are challenged to address landscape degradation of …
Use of microbiological indicators for evaluating success in …
Physical (aggregate stability and bulk density) and microbiological (enzyme activities and labile carbon fractions) properties were studied in soils from a degraded mining site and two areas revegetated with Casuarina equisetifolia L. ex J.R. & G. Forst. or Anacardium occidentale L. under subtropical conditions. An adjacent soil under natural …
(PDF) Environmental Hazards of Limestone …
Based on overall impact of limestone mining in the area it is suggested that all stakeholders particularly the owners of mines and cement plants should give necessary attention to environmental ...
Mine land rehabilitation: Modern ecological approaches for …
In the interest of more effective monitoring, the comparison of reference systems, i.e., natural control areas, and areas in environmental rehabilitation (ideally. Conclusion. Revegetation and rehabilitation after mining activities are not straightforward tasks. The lack of or insufficient knowledge about species roles and functions, the ...
Natural revegetation during restoration of wetlands in the …
The natural sedge meadows in Naoli River watershed were dominated by C. appendiculata. The four restored wetland sites were restored from different time (Table 1), and they were all adjacent to large natural wetland areas which were dominated by C. appendiculata. The wetlands in the study area were considered simple to restore …
Natural revegetation on topsoiled mining-spoils according …
Section snippets Site description and sampling. The mine chosen for this study is located in centre-western Spain (40°37′N, 6°38′W). The climate is semiarid Mediterranean with 499 mm of mean annual rainfall and acute summer drought, with only 12% of annual rainfall and high evapo-transpiration from May to September; the mean …
Sustainable strategy for rehabilitating phosphate mining …
The development of anthroposols has been proposed as a new environmentally friendly approach to ensuring the successful revegetation of phosphate mining sites. ... toxic elements above those tolerated by the soil biota and plants (Guedes et al., 2021). For phosphate-mined areas, revegetation is impacted by levels high in P …
Mine land rehabilitation: Modern ecological approaches for …
Revegetation is intended to encourage the development of mine soil, produce pleasing landscapes and increase ecosystem productivity (Skousen, 2010) to …
A procedure to evaluate environmental rehabilitation in limestone …
Section snippets Limestone quarrying and rehabilitation. Cement manufacturing is an industry established in almost all countries. The world cement production reached 2.9 billion tonnes in 2008 (USGS, 2009), placing limestone among the top minerals extracted from the Earth's crust (Fig. 1).
Natural and man-induced revegetation on mining wastes: …
The performance of introduced species when interacting with colonising herbs and shrubs from the surrounding areas has become an important issue in plant ecology and restoration management. In this paper, we examined the influence of hydroseeding a commercial seed mixture on the revegetation of uranium mine wastes under a semi …
Kunooz Oman : Mining in Oman
Within Oman, the mining sector is largely divided into two areas: metals and bulk, with the latter including gypsum, limestone, and dolomite. Oman's strategic geographic location provides the major benefit of …
Mining in Oman
Introduction. There is a substantial mineral resource base in Oman, predominantly contained in the mountains which span 700 kilometres by 150 kilometres, and contain …
A white paper on Oman's Mining Scene
The purpose of this white paper is to provide a preliminary picture of the mining scene in Oman, its current development and ... Oman is a nation well-endowed with natural …
Soil recovery and reclamation of mined lands
The situation of drylands is aggravated by various anthropogenic disturbances, such as open-pit mining. Degraded soils resulting from this type of human activities lose the capacity to sequester organic C (Miralles et al., 2007), due to the great impact of removing vegetation cover and the most fertile edaphic horizons (Frouz, 2021; …
Natural Recovery of an Abandoned Limestone Quarry: Soil …
Limestone is an important raw material that is widely used for multiple agricultural and industrial purposes (Pamukcu, and Simsir, 2006). Rapid economic development and the growth of urban areas in many countries have increased need for limestone which, in turn, created many abandoned quarrying sites in urban areas offering unique challenges to …
Revealing ecological restoration process and disturbances of …
The study area is located in the southern Yangtze River Basin in China, a polymetallic mining area rich in iron and copper ore resources. The study area includes parts of Huangshi City, Ezhou City, and Huanggang City, with an area of 4012.16 km 2 (Fig. 1).The landscape consists of hills, plains, and low mountains and is dominated by hills.