Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP140100399
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Short- and long-term mitigation strategies for acid and metalliferous drainage control from iron ore mine wastes. Acid and metalliferous drainage from mine wastes, caused by oxidation of sulfide minerals, particularly pyrite, are a critical environmental issue worldwide. Although options to retard sulfide oxidation exist, including encapsulation methods, chemical additives and inhibition of iron-oxidising bacteria, these suffer from long-term instability. The project aims to investigate mechanistic approaches, using readily available mineralogical materials, to provide passivating conditions resulting in slowed oxidation rates. The project’s focus is on treatments for wastes from iron ore deposits which are of high economic significance to Australia. The outcome aims to be a treatment ‘pathway’ enabling practical waste rock treatment over the acid forming time-profile.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 01-2015
End Date: 12-2017
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $330,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Other Chemical Sciences | Mineral Processing/Beneficiation | Environmental Chemistry (incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Environmental Management
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Management of Solid Waste from Mineral Resource Activities |
