Search Results - "Meech John A."

Agromining: Farming for Metals in the Future? by van der Ent, Antony, Baker, Alan J. M, Reeves, Roger D, Chaney, Rufus L, Anderson, Christopher W. N, Meech, John A, Erskine, Peter D, Simonnot, Marie-Odile, Vaughan, James, Morel, Jean Louis, Echevarria, Guillaume, Fogliani, Bruno, Rongliang, Qiu, Mulligan, David R

“…Phytomining technology employs hyperaccumulator plants to take up metal in harvestable plant biomass. Harvesting, drying and incineration of the biomass…”
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Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry by Hunt Andrew J., Anderson Christopher W.N., Bruce Neil, García Andrea Muñoz, Graedel Thomas E., Hodson Mark, Meech John A., Nassar Nedal T., Parker Helen L., Rylott Elizabeth L., Sotiriou Konastantina, Zhang Qing, Clark James H.

“…The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including…”
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Toward Financially Viable Phytoextraction and Production of Plant-Based Palladium Catalysts by Harumain, Zakuan A. S, Parker, Helen L, Muñoz García, Andrea, Austin, Michael J, McElroy, Con Robert, Hunt, Andrew J, Clark, James H, Meech, John A, Anderson, Christopher W. N, Ciacci, Luca, Graedel, T. E, Bruce, Neil C, Rylott, Elizabeth L

“…Although a promising technique, phytoextraction has yet to see significant commercialization. Major limitations include metal uptake rates and subsequent…”
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Energy efficient comminution under high velocity impact fragmentation by Sadrai, Sepehr, Meech, John A., Tromans, Desmond, Sassani, Farrokh

“…► High-velocity impact provides an opportunity to improve energy efficiency of rock breakage in comminution. ► High strain rates explain the increased…”
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AFRA – Heuristic expert system to assess the atmospheric risk of sulphide waste dumps by Mohammadi, Ladan, Meech, John A.

“…In 2006, an unprecedented atmospheric confined space accident took place in a sampling shed at the Sullivan Mine in Kimberley, British Columbia. This accident…”
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Enhanced dissolution of minerals: Conjoint effects of particle size and microtopography by Tromans, Desmond, Meech, John A.

“…The study extends previous fundamental modelling work on the influence of surface microtopography on enhanced dissolution (mechanical activation) of milled…”
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Induced plant uptake and transport of mercury in the presence of sulphur-containing ligands and humic acid by Moreno, F.N, Anderson, C.W.N, Stewart, R.B, Robinson, B.H, Ghomshei, M, Meech, J.A

“…• The induced accumulation of mercury (Hg) by plants was investigated for the species Phaseolus vulgaris (Bush bean), Brassica juncea (Indian mustard), and…”
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Effect of thioligands on plant-Hg accumulation and volatilisation from mercury-contaminated mine tailings by Moreno, F.N, Anderson, C.W.N, Stewart, R.B, Robinson, B.H, Nomura, R, Ghomshei, M, Meech, J.A

“…This study investigated the effect of thioligands on mercury (Hg) volatilisation and plant accumulation for Brassica juncea plants grown in mine tailings…”
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Review of barriers to reduce mercury use in artisanal gold mining by Veiga, Marcello M., Angeloci-Santos, Gustavo, Meech, John A.

“…This article reviews the use of amalgamation in artisanal gold mining (AGM) and the barriers to reducing mercury use and emissions from the sector. In 2012,…”
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Mercury pollution from deforestation by Veiga, Marcello M, Meech, John A, Oñate, Nilda

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Reactivity of mercury from gold mining activities in darkwater ecosystems by Meech, J.A, Veiga, M.M, Tromans, D. (British Columbia Univ., Vancouver (Canada))

“…Mercury (Hg) emissions from informal gold mining operations represent a serious environmental problem in developing countries. In Amazonia, from 70 to 170…”
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APPLICATION OF FUZZY LOGIC IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT: SOME THOUGHTS ON FUZZY SETS by Mory M. Ghomshei, John A. Meech

“…The fuzzy set of a concept is defined by a distribution function of the degree of belief (DoB) in a qualitative parameter (the concept), over a range of…”
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Educational measures to address mercury pollution from gold-mining activities in the Amazon by Veiga, M.M, Meech, J.A, Hypolito, R

“…Mercury (Hg) discharge from informal gold-mining activities in the Amazon region derives from a lack of concern of the miners for the environment as well as…”
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INTELLIGOLD - AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR GOLD PLANT PROCESS DESIGN by Vanessa M. Torres, Arthur P. Chaves, John A. Meech

“…Gold mining projects are a rare opportunity in the minerals industry. They require relatively small capital and give high profitability and fast return on…”
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Transformation of a derelict mine site into a sustainable community: the Britannia project by Meech, John A., McPhie, Michael, Clausen, Kirstin, Simpson, Yale, Lang, Brennan, Campbell, Elisa, Johnstone, Shana, Condon, Patrick

“…The Britannia Beach Sustainable Development Project is an on-going project-in-progress aimed at transforming the “worst ARD metal polluting mine in North…”
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Gold Mining Activities in the Amazon: Clean-Up Techniques and Remedial Procedures for Mercury Pollution by Marcello M. Veiga, Meech, John A.

“…Economic and social problems have increased informal mining operations ("garimpos") in the developing countries of Central America, South America, Asia, Africa…”
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HgEx: a heuristic system on mercury pollution in the Amazon by VEIGA, M. M, MEECH, J. A

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Cyanide effluent control by freeze/thaw processing by Meech, J A

“…With many northern gold mining operations the disposal of waste water from the process presents some unique problems. The level of heavy metals and cyanide is…”
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An adaptive artificial neural network to model a Cu/Pb/Zn flotation circuit by Forouzi, S., Meech, J.A.

“…We describe the planning and development of an artificial neural network model of line 3 of the Copper/Lead/Zinc flotation circuit at Brunswick Mining's…”
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Towards a better understanding of fuzzy sets applied to environmental science by Ghomshei, M.M., Meech, J.A.

“…The fuzzy set of a concept is defined by the distribution function of the degree of belief in a certain qualitative parameter, over a range of variation in a…”
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