Remediation of grassland subsidence and reduction of land occupation with tailings backfill technology: a case study of lead-zinc mine in Inner Mongolia, China

The mining industry provides essential mineral resources for human society’s development. However, this industry generates a large quantity of waste material while rapidly extracting valuable elements from ore, such as processed tailings. The existence of mined voids will cause surface subsidence, a...

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Main Authors: Xinzheng Chen, Lijie Guo, Yabo Zhou, Wenyuan Xu, Yue Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1183945/full