Reducing Destructive Environmental Impacts of Sungun Copper Mine Effluents with using of Phytoremediation Processes

Heavy metal uptake by plants from wastewater of different pulp concentrations and contaminated soils

“…A copper processing factory there discharges contaminated wastewater. Not addressing the potential negative impacts of the mining activities can bring environmental problems with inevitable social and natural consequences (Jafarpour et al, 2017). Mitigation of the environmental impacts of the contaminated wastewater in this area requires a rapid, non-expensive and efficient solution.…”

“…Mitigation of the environmental impacts of the contaminated wastewater in this area requires a rapid, non-expensive and efficient solution. Jafarpour et al (2017) were the first to investigate the accumulation of heavy metals in agricultural plants cultivated in wastewater from the copper mining factory of Sungun. The results show that some plants (wheat and beans) are most compatible with the environment and play a significant role in the absorption of the heavy metals and reduction of destructive effects caused by the pollutants contained in the wastewater.…”

Analysis of Environmental Costs’ Effect in Green Mining Strategy Using a System Dynamics Approach: A Case Study

“…e environmental problems in mines usually include problems related to the tailings dam of the processing plant, dust caused by the activity of drilling, loading, transporting machinery, destructive effects of blasting operations (dust), contamination from the activity of processing and smelting plants, wastewater leakage from the wastewater pipeline from the plant to the tailings dam, etc. [6]. e management for the reduction of these malicious effects imposes minor costs to mining projects.…”

“…e present study used the experts' opinions to create a significant number of relationships considered in designing the SD model. Due to the great volume of the used relationships, only some of the most important relationships are discussed in the equations ( 1) to (6). e used parameters in the equations have been described in Table 3.…”

“…e studies are conducted based on assumptions and variables with unknown values, which should be estimated using the existing data [4,5]. Attentions to the environment, social, and economic topics, which are the main goals of sustainable development, are of importance in mining activities [6,7]. Even with the implementation of principles and the framework of engineering, mines have a nature of being environmentally destructive in the absence of green mining construction policies [8].…”