impact of mining antimony

Toxic effects of antimony in plants: Reasons and …

Therefore, future research must be aimed at devising appropriate measures to mitigate the hazardous impacts of Sb toxicity on plants, humans, and the environment and to prevent the entry of Sb into our ecosystem. ... Bioaccumulation of antimony and arsenic in vegetables and health risk assessment in the superlarge antimony-mining …

Mining Kyrgyzstan: Chinese Companies Encounter Increasing …

In the town of Kurshab, near the city of Uzgen in Kyrgyzstan's Osh region, a violent clash between local inhabitants and Chinese migrant laborers occurred in 2013, injuring 13 Chinese citizens ...

Plans To Restart Mining In The Historic Stibnite …

Photos purchased from the Idaho Historical Society. The U.S. Forest Service has asked Perpetua Resources — the company wanting to re-open and expand the Stibnite Mine east of McCall — for more …

Influence of Soil Properties and Aging on Antimony Toxicity …

Antimony (Sb) is metalloid with relatively low abundance in environment and its pollution is mainly a consequence of anthropogenic activities including mining and smelting process, textiles and plastics manufacture, and leaching of brake pads and bullets (Filella et al. 2009).Generally, the Sb concentration in topsoil lies below 1 mg kg −1, while …

Synergistic Impacts of Arsenic and Antimony Co

Antimony mining has resulted in considerable pollution to the soil environment. Although studies on antinomy contamination have been conducted, its effects on vertical soil profiles and depth ...

Vegetation type impacts microbial interaction with antimony

Antimony (Sb) is a serious toxic and non-essential metalloid for animals, humans, and plants. The rapid increase in anthropogenic inputs from mining and industrial activities, vehicle emissions, and shoot activity increased the Sb concentration in the environment, which has become a serious concern across the globe.

Antimony | U.S. Geological Survey

The most common antimony ore mineral is stibnite (Sb2 S3 ), but more than 100 other minerals also contain antimony. The presence of antimony in surface waters and groundwaters results primarily from rock weathering, soil runoff, and anthropogenic sources. Global emissions of antimony to the atmosphere average 6,100 metric tons per …

Dynamic material flow analysis of antimony resources in China

Although China remains the world's largest antimony supplier, its antimony mining amount had decreased from 150 kt in 2011 (with a share of 84%) to 80 kt in 2020 (with a share of 52%). ... Monte Carlo simulation was conducted to assess the impacts of various uncertain parameters, including antimony demand, supply, stock and antimony …

Treatment of antimony mine drainage: challenges …

10.2166/wst.2016.044. The present article summarizes antimony mine distribution, antimony mine drainage generation and environmental impacts, and critically analyses …

The exposure to and health effects of antimony

However, antimony in mining effluent may increase to 8 ppb, usually combined with soil particles. Thankfully, antimony does not leach from drinking water pipes. Chronic …

Impacts of antimony and arsenic co-contamination on the …

Microbial community composition and cooccurrence patterns driven by co-contamination of arsenic and antimony in antimony-mining area. 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials ... Vegetation type impacts microbial interaction with antimony contaminants in a mining-contaminated soil environment. Environmental Pollution, …

How a gold-stibnite restoration in Idaho could add antimony …

According to Perpetua's January 2021 FS, the project has total proven and probable mineral reserves of 104.6 million metric tonnes (Mt) grading 1.43 grams per tonne gold. The mineral reserves ...

Heavy metal pollution and ecological risk assessment of

The Qinglong antimony mine is one of the three largest antimony ores in the world, enriched with antimony ore resources, and its associated mineral resources include As, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Cd. Mining and tailing sand accumulation have become the main sources of heavy metal pollution (Xiao et al. 2017; Kwon et al. 2017). A large …

The behavior of arsenic and antimony at Pezinok mining …

Arsenic and antimony contamination is found at the Pezinok mining site in the southwest of the Slovak Republic. Investigation of this site included sampling and analysis of water, mineralogical analyses, sequential extraction, in addition to flow and geochemical modeling. The highest dissolved arsenic concentrations correspond to mine …

Characteristics, Accumulation, and Potential Health Risks of Antimony …

Antimony (Sb), a priority pollutant listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), can cause adverse effects on human health, with particular impacts on skin, eyes, gastrointestinal tract, and respiratory system. In this study, a database of Sb concentrations in the global atmosphere was developed through a survey of …

Antimony: will China continue to control supply?

Based on a long-term antimony price of $8,500 a ton, the company estimates that the net present value of the project is around $279m. Future outlook. Although mining antimony is cheaper in China because of labour costs and the typically large deposits, the trend in declining production is set to endure.

Small state plays significant role in mineral mining: The geo …

Idaho mining is a relatively small part of the overall national mining economy accounting for $337 million in earnings out of $116.7 billion nationally in 2022 [3]. It also happens to be one of the only states where critical minerals like cobalt, thorium and antimony deposits are available.

US Antimony Halts Latin American Operations; US Steel …

The financial impact of these actions is currently unclear. United States Antimony will retain its Los Juarez mining claims, which have significant exploration potential but no active operations.

Mobility and chemical fate of antimony and arsenic in historic mining …

The impact from the upstream mining-affected drainages on Moose Creek water quality is minimized mainly through dilution because Moose Creek contains several times the discharge of the three tributaries. Antimony was detected in Stampede Creek waters (Fig. 11 c) at concentrations ~ 2 times lower

Antimony, a pollutant of emerging concern: A review …

Antimony is used in several industrial applications and comes into the environment majorly through human induced activities such as antimony mining and …

Availability, Toxicology and Medical Significance of …

Aside from its few medical applications, it also has industrial applications, acting as a flame retardant and a catalyst. Geologically, native antimony is rare, and it is …

Evaluation of antimony availability in a mining context: Impact …

This work aims to establish Sb mobility, its transfer to biota and its effect on soil health in a semi-arid climate. The results show the presence of stibnite (Sb 2 S 3) as the main primary Sb compound, bindhemite (Pb 2 Sb 2 O 6 (O,OH)), and minor proportions of stibiconite (Sb 3+ (Sb 5+) 2 O 6 (OH)) as oxidised Sb species. This research also …

Uncovering the features of global antimony resource trade …

1. Introduction. Antimony is one of the critical metal resources and is widely used to make flame retardant, lead-acid battery, polyester catalyst, glass clarifier, as well as in the fields of national defense and other fields (Chu et al., 2019).Especially, in order to respond to climate change, many countries initiated their efforts to promote renewable …

Distributions and impact factors of antimony in topsoils and …

Highlights We examined the distribution of antimony in topsoil and moss in Ny-Ålesund, Arctic. The distribution of Sb is associated with traffic and historical mining activities. The weathering of coal bed cannot lead to the Sb increase in the surface environment. The distribution of Sb in moss could reflect the accumulation of Sb …

Availability, Toxicology and Medical Significance of Antimony …

The extensive mining and use of antimony have led to its introduction into the biosphere, where it can be hazardous, depending on its bioavailability and absorption. Detailed studies exist both from active and abandoned mining sites, and from urban settings, which document the environmental impact of antimony pollution and its …

Insights into the biogeochemical transformation, environmental impacts

Insights into the biogeochemical transformation, environmental impacts and biochar-based soil decontamination of antimony. Author links open overlay panel Rabia Safeer a, Guijian Liu a, Balal Yousaf b a, ... Speciation and mobility of arsenic and antimony in soils and mining wastes from an abandoned Sb–Au mining area. Appl. …

Insights into the biogeochemical transformation, environmental impacts

Antimony (Sb), a non-essential trace element, does not possess vital significance for the physiological well-being and sustenance of humans, animals, and plants alike. ... Biochar's particular surface area significantly impacts soil analysis in mining sites. Biochar's elevated specific surface area contact with soil solution attribute ...

Treatment of antimony mine drainage: challenges and

The present article summarizes antimony mine distribution, antimony mine drainage generation and environmental impacts, and critically analyses the remediation approach with special emphasis on iron oxidizing bacteria and sulfate reducing bacteria. Most recent research focuses on readily available l …

Availability, Toxicology and Medical Significance of …

The extensive mining and use of antimony have led to its introduction into the biosphere, where it can be hazardous, depending on its bioavailability and …

Impacts of Arsenic and Antimony Co-Contamination on

Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) contaminations are primary concerns of human health worldwide. As, which is a group I carcinogen [], is released into the environment by natural processes from sediment into groundwater or released through anthropogenic activities, such as mining [2, 3].Sb, another compound belong to Group …