• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.372-378
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• 2003

This study investigates the fractional composition and the leaching characteristics of heavy metals in polluted soils due to mining activities. The fractionated composition of heavy metals is classified into five fractions, adsorbed, carbonate, reducible, organic and residual fraction. The status of humic substances in mine wastes of most sites are polyhumic except tailing from Sangdong mine. According to the sequential extraction procedures (SEPs), leaching probabilities of Cd in coal wastes and tailing are relatively low due to high percentage of residual fraction. 46.4% of Ni in tailings from Sangdong mine is probably leached under oxidized environment, and 39.4% of Cu in these tailings is readily extracted under strongly oxidized environment by organic fraction. According to leaching condition of pH 3.0 and pH 5.6, the amount of heavy metals leached out of coal wastes and tailing increases to 1/2 hours. At pH 3.0 and pH 5.6, concentration of Ni in tailing increases up three times of the initial value. Heavy metals released from coal wastes and tailing were not influenced significantly by leaching time.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2003

연구의 목적은 광산활동에 의해 발생된 폐재에 의해 오염된 토양에 포함된 중금속의 존재형태와 용출특성에 대하여 비교 분석하는데 있다. 실험에 이용된 중금속 존재형태 분류는 다섯가지로 adsorbed, carbonate, reducible, organic과 residual 형태로 나누었다. 토양내 유기물의 함량 정도는 상동광산에서 발생된 광미가 석탄폐재보다 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 오염된 토양의 중금속 용출 실험에 의하면 석탄폐석과 광미내의 카드뮴의 경우 낮은 용출량을 보였으며, 대부분이 reduciblel fraction에서 용출된 것으로 관찰되었다 상동광산에서 발생된 광미에 포함된 니켈은 혐기성 상황이 되면 총량의 약 46.4％가 용출될 것으로 사료되며, 구리의 경우 약 39.4%가 용출될 것으로 판단된다. pH 3.0과 pH 5.6의 용출조건하에서 석탄 폐석과 광미의 용출랑의 점진적인 증가는 30분안에 이루어졌으며, 광미의 경우 니켈은 pH 3.0과 pH 5.6에서 용출 3시간까지 계속 증가되는 상태를 보였다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2010

Several mines including Namil, Solim and Jungbong which are located in the Gyeonggi and Kangwon province have been abandoned and closed since 1980 due to "The promotion policy of mining industry". An enormous amount of mining wastes was disposed without proper treatment, which caused soil pollution in tailing dam and ore-dressing plant areas. However, any quantitative assessment was not performed about soil and water pollution by transporting mining wastes such as acid mine drainage, mine tailing, and rocky waste. In this research, heavy metals in mining wastes were analyzed according to leaching method which used 0.1 N HCl and total solution method which used Aqua-regia to recognize the ecological effect of distance from hot spot. We sampled tailings, rocky wastes and soils around the abandoned mine. Chemical and physical parameters such as pH, electrical conductivity (EC), total organic carbon (TOC), soil texture and heavy metal concentration were analyzed. The range of soil's pH is between 4.3 and 6.4 in the tailing dam and oredressing plant area due to mining activity. Total concentrations of As, Cu, and Pb in soil near ore dressing plant area are 250.9, 249.3 and 117.2 mg/kg respectively, which are higher than any other ones near tailing dam area. Arsenic concentration in tailing dams is 31.0 mg/kg, which is also considered as heavily polluted condition comparing with the remediation required level(RRL) in "Soil environment conservation Act".

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2005년도 추계 학술발표회 제17권2호
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• pp.743-747
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• 2005

In South Korea, about 900 metal mines have been abandoned, and about 88 million-t metal mine wastes have been discarded in recent years. The treatment of the tailings which are the main wastes in the abandoned metal mines becomes a social problem because they cause environmental pollution such as acidic waste water generation, groundwater contamination, and dust generation. Since almost whole quantities of the tailings have disposed by landfill now, the development of effective recycling methods for the tailings are strongly requested. It is expected that the fine tailings obtained by centrifugal separation process among the tailings can be utilized as admixture for cement. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the micro-structure of cement mortar admixed with fine tailing. Various admixtures were made of Fine tailings and 2 Types of OPC, fly-ash and blast furnace slag. The hydration reactivity of cement mortar with FT was examined by Porosity, XRD and SEM morphology analysis. The anolytical result about hardened hydrates shows that waste fine tailing help hydrates none densified due to it,s filling-space, These densified effect is concluded with improving the resistance to attack of cement mortar including waste fine tailing.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2006년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.183-193
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• 2006

Several metalliferous and coal mines, including Seojin and Okdong located at the Kangwon province, were abandoned or closed since 1989 due to the mining industry promotion policy and thus disposed an enormous amount of mining wastes without a proper treatment facilities, resulting in water and soil pollution in the downstream areas. However, no quantitative assessment was made on soil and water pollution by the transport of mining wastes such as acid mine drainage, mine tailing, and rocky waste. In this research, total and fractional concentrations of heavy metals in mining wastes were analyzed and accordingly the degree of water and soil pollutions in the stream area were quantitatively assessed employing the several pollution indices. Concentrations of Ni, Cd, and Pb in soils near the abandoned coal mine areas were 1,240.0, 25.0 and 1,093.0 mg/kg, respectively, and these concentrations were higher than those in soils near the closed metalliferous mine areas. Also Cu concentrations in soils near the tailing dams were about 1967 mg/kg, which is considered as very polluted level. Results demonstrated that soil at the abandoned mine areas were highly contaminated by AMO, tailing, and effluents of the mining wastes. Therefore, a prompt countermeasure on the mining waste treatment and remediation of the codntaminated water and soil should be made to the abandoned or closed metalliferous and coal mines located at the abandoned mine area.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.87-101
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• 1999

토양세척 기법은 금속-리간드 착물형성을 촉진하여 오염토양으로부터 중금속을 제거하는 효과적인 방법으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 폐금속광산 광미와 그 후면 농경지토양의 중금속 오염도 저감에 대한 세척기랩의 적용효과를 검토하기 위해 수행되었다. 실험에 사용된 일부시료에서 구리와 납의 오염도는 토양오염 우려기준 및 대책기준을 초과하였으며 또 다른 시료에서는 카드뮴이 대책기준에 근접하는 오염도를 보였다. 토양시료에 단계적 추출법을 적용하여 실험한 결과에 따르면 광미와 주변토양시료에 존재하는 중금속의 절반 이상이 식물이용가능성 있는 흡착된 형태로 존재함이 밝혀졌다. 또한 단계석 추출법으로 조사한 몇 가지 형태의 중금속 농도와 0.1N HCI 용출실험에서 구한 농도 사이에는 비례관계가 성립하였다. 유기산별 세척능력 비친실험에서 구연산은 위의 세 가지 중금속 모두에 대하여 초산이나 옥살산에 비해 월등한 세척효율을 나타내었다. 그리고, 구연산을 사용하여 토양으로부터 중금속을 세척할 때 세척액의 pH를 5.5이하로 하면 보다 나은 세척효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 구연산 세척법을 이용한 중금속 세척시 효율은 세척액 농도, (세척액/토양)혼합비, 그리고 세척액의 초기 pH에 의존하여 달라졌다. 구연산에 SDS를 같이 투입하여 세척하면 세 가지 중금속 중에서 카드뮴의 세척효율이 가장 크게 개선되었으며 구리 제거율은 변화되지 않았다. 이상에서 알 수 있듯이 구연산 세척기법은 광미와 중금속 오염토양으로부터의 중금속 제거에 적용 가능한 정화방법임이 확인되었다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2002년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.75-80
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• 2002

Enormous volumes of mining wastes from the abandoned and closed mines are disposed without a proper treatment at Southeastern part of Kangwon Province. Erosion of these wastes contaminates soil, surface water, and sediments with heavy metals. Objectives of this research were to fractionate heavy metals in the mine waste and to assess the potential S. P. A. G.(Soil Pollution Assesment Guidance) of each metal fraction. Mine wastes analyzed for physical and chemical properties. pH of wastes ranged from 3.3 to 8.0. Contents of total N and loss on ignition matter were in the ranges of 0.2~5.6%, and 0.8~15.3%, respectively. Heavy metals in the wastes were higher in the coal mines than those in the other mine wastes. Total concentrations of metals in the wastes were in the orders of Pb > Zn > Cu > Cd, exceeded the corrective action level of the Soil Environment Conservation Law and higher than the natural abundance levels reported from uncontaminated soils. Relative distribution of heavy metal fractions was residual > organic > reducible > carbonate > adsorbed, reversing the degree of metal bioavailability. Mobile fractions of metals were relatively small compared to the total concentrations. Soil Pollution Assesment Guidance(SPAG) values were ranged from 0.08 to 9.14 based on labile fraction of metal concentrations. SPAG values of labile concentration were lower than those of total concentration.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2001

강원도 동남부에 위치한 옥동천 상류에는 많은 양의 휴폐광산 폐기물이 적절한 처리시설이 없는 상태로 방치되어 있고, 이들이 유실되어 하류의 토양, 물 및 저니토를 중금속으로 오염시키고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구의 목적은 광미댐에 적치된 광미중에 존재하는 중금속의 분획물을 조사하고, 각 분획물의 오염도 지수를 평가하는데 있다. 광미댐에서 광미를 깊이별로 채취하여 물리화학적 특성을 분석하였다. 광미의 pH는 7.3~7.9였고, 총 질소와 유기물 함량은 각각 3.2~5.5% 및 1.3~9.1%의 범위에 있었다. 신광재댐 광미의 중금속함량은 구광재댐 광미보다 높은 편이었다. 광미에 존재하는 중금속 별 총 함량은 Zn > Cu > Pb > Ni > Cd순(順) 이었으며, 이들의 농도는 토양환경보전법에서 지정한 산업지역의 대책기준을 상회하고 있었으며, 천연부존량보다 높았다. 중금속 분획물의 상대적분포는 residual > organic > reducible > carbonate > adsorbed순(順) 이었다. 총 농도에 비교하여 생물유효성 분획물의 농도는 매우 낮은 편이었다. 광재댐의 깊이별 중금속의 농도는 중금속의 종류에 따라 상이했다. 광재댐 표충의 Cu 농도는 심층의 농도보다 높았다. 총 농도를 기준으로 할 때 각 중금속 분획물의 오염도 지수는 4.27~8.51 범위에 있었다. 생물유효성 분획물의 오염도지수는 비유효성 분획물의 오염도 지수보다 낮았다. 광미에 존재하는 중금속 분획물의 농도와 오염도 지수에 관한 결과를 통해 광미는 중금속으로 인해 심각하게 오염된 상태이며, 유실될 경우 하류의 토양과 물 환경에 악영향을 미칠 잠재성을 지니고 있다고 판단되었다. 광미댐으로부터 광미의 유실을 방지할 수 있는 대책이 시급히 필요한 실정이다.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2007

Vitrified aggregates obtained by using mine tailings were evaluated using various leaching methods to assess their environmental safety. The leaching tests in this study include continuous batch leaching, Dutch availability leaching, pH-stat and tank diffusion test as well as TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure), which is commonly adopted. Vitrification technique has successfully been applied treating some solid wastes containing high level of heavy metals, such as EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) dust and mine tailings. The potentially most leachable element among trace metals was As and theoretically about 7% of total concentrations in the aggregate can be released under extreme condition. Zinc was leached about 4% and the other trace metals including Cd, Cr and Pb were hardly released from the vitrified mine tailing aggregate.

• 산업기술연구
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• 제29권A호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2009

Stabilization treatment is one of processes for wastes and their components to reduce their toxicity and migration rates to surroundings. Inorganic binders such as calcium hydroxide, blast furnace slag and red mud were tested for their potential applicability to in-situ stabilization of heavy metal contaminated tailings in the abandoned metal mines. Columns(150mm dia. ${\times}$ 450mm length) filled with mixtures of inorganic binders and tailing from the Geumjang mine with various mixing ratios of binders to tailings, 5%, 7% and 9% were applied artificial rainfall tests for 28 days. Effluents from columns filled with calcium hydroxide and tailing showed high pH's of ~12.5 and a increasing trend of concentration in Pb and Zn with a significant decrease in permeability in terms of elapsed days. Those with burning slag and tailing showed pH's of ~8.5 and significantly low concentrations in heavy metals with a stable permeability. In case of red mud, effluents showed significantly low concentrations in heavy metals but a decreased permeability with pH's of ~10.5. Conclusively, this basic study suggests burning furnace slag be a potential stabilizer for effective treatment of heavy metal contaminated mine tailings.