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alumina dust emissions from bauxite mining at nain

Patrece Charles | Public health impacts of bauxite-alumina …

Many activities associated with the mining and refining of bauxite are sources of particulate matter including excavation, blasting, and transportation, fugitive dust generated by stockpiles, waste dumps, and haul roads, exhaust emissions from vehicles, among other activities. These particulates can result in serious health issues to those …

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR …

Lately, the demand for bauxite mining has increased due to intensifying progress in the industrial sector. Bauxite is usually regarded as the best material for making aluminum. Bauxite is also widely used in the production of paper, water purification, petroleum refining, the electric power industry, the aircraft industry, machinery, and

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Carbon Footprint of Aluminum Production: Emissions and Mitigation

Primary aluminum ingot production is a complex system, which includes bauxite mining, alumina refining, electrolysis (including anode production and smelting), and primary ingot casting (Fig. 8.5). The production of primary aluminum starts with the production of alumina from bauxite ore during Bayer's process.

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Socio-environmental impact of mining activities in

Bauxite mining still depends upon the use of heavy digging machinery and generates large flows of mineral dust in the surroundings of the quarries, producing …

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Environmental Guidelines for Aluminum Manufacturing

At the alumina plant, air emissions can include: bauxite dust from handling and processing; limestone dust from limestone handling; burnt lime dust from conveyors and bins; alumina dust from materials handling; red mud dust and sodium salts from red mud stacks (red mud is the insoluble part of the bauxite that is removed and impounded --

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Comprehensive Application Technology of Bauxite Residue …

The emission of bauxite residue continues to grow with the increase of alumina production capacity, along with the large amounts of bauxite residue currently stored in stockpiles. The exposed problems of high yield, strong alkalinity, low comprehensive utilization rate, and threats to the ecological environment are becoming …

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Bauxite and Alumina Statistics and Information

Assessment of Bauxite, Clay, and Laterite Deposits in Afghanistan Open-File Report 2014-1210; Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States Data Series 140 Bauxite and Alumina; Review of selected global mineral industries in 2011 and an outlook to 2017 Open-File Report 2013-1091; Statistical Compendium. Bauxite ...

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South32 to switch fossil fuels at alumina refinery as coal ends

Sep 9, 2022 – 4.42pm. South32 will switch from one fossil fuel to another at its Worsley alumina refinery in Western Australia as the coal-fired era draws to a close in the state and the company ...

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The Bauxite-Alumina Industry has been a powerful actor on …

When powerful and wealthy transnational mining companies acquire lands, mine bauxite ore, transform it to alumina or export it in unprocessed form through ports built for this purpose in the setting of a tropical island ecosystem, there are bound to be important environmental impacts. The island is Jamaica. Before the advent of the bauxite

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Alcoa and Emirates Global Aluminium sign major, …

This measurement includes direct emissions from the Company's bauxite mining and alumina refining processes and indirect emissions from the energy consumed in those processes. About Alcoa …

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Theresa Rodriguez-Moodie | Bauxite-alumina industry – an …

To understand the way individuals are compensated by the bauxite-alumina companies, ... • 98 per cent indicated that their community has been affected by dust pollution caused by bauxite mining; ... • Nain, St Elizabeth: compensation varied from J$7,500 for a two-bedroom house while others received one-time payments of between …

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TENORM: Bauxite and Alumina Production Wastes | US EPA

Bauxite is used to produce alumina, which is then used to produce aluminum. Wastes can be generated at several points in the production process, including during the mining of the bauxite ore, and during the refinery production process. The refinery processes used to produce aluminum generates about 2 – 2.5 tons of solid …

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Bauxite mining and alumina refining: process description …

Alumina refining produces alumina (Al 2 O 3) from the bauxite ore, by exploiting the reversible reaction of the Bayer process 1–3 : The reaction is firstly …

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Sustainably Growing Guinea's Bauxite-Aluminum Industry

Guinea's bauxite-aluminum industry is undergoing significant expansion of investment, concession agreements, and in-country mining and refining operations. In 2018, UNDP-Guinea and Columbia ...

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Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refining

Exposures to bauxite dust, alumina dust, and caustic mist in contemporary best-practice bauxite mining and alumina refining operations have not been …

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Background informal technical document on techniques to …

The aluminium production starts with the production of alumina from bauxite according to the so-called Bayer process. In the Bayer process, caustic soda (NaOH) is used to extract alumina from bauxite in digesters. High temperatures and pressures are required for this process (Kuenen et al. 2016).

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF BAUXITE, …

In alumina production, the disposal of bauxite residue saturated with caustic soda ("red mud") is the main problem, although emissions to the atmosphere of gases and particles …

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Environment

One of the most frequent complaints from communities surrounding the bauxite mining and alumina processing plants is dust. The dust in the air can be measured and compared with the air quality standards that define the acceptable limits to protect health. ... Ambient concentrations of atmospheric gaseous emissions from the stacks at the alumina ...

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IAI Life Cycle Inventory

bauxite as aluminium oxide (alumina), this oxide is then broken down through an electrolysis process into oxygen, emitted as CO2 by reaction with a carbon anode, and aluminium as liquid metal; next aluminium is cast into an ingot, the usual form suitable for further fabrication

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The Evolution of Bauxite Mining in Jamaica Modern Challenges for a

To understand the way individuals are compensated by the bauxite-alumina companies, ... • 98 per cent indicated that their community has been affected by dust …

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Negative Impact Of The Bauxite Mining Industry Environmental

Mr. Williams, personnel from the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) office in St. Elizabeth explained that certain tests have been conducted on crops in which they have ruled out diseases and insects and have pointed to the dust emanating from the bauxite mining plant located in Nain, St. Elizabeth, as the main cause of the ...

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INFORMATION SUMMARY FOR THE PUBLIC

U.S. Sponsor: Alcoa World Alumina LLC Foreign Sponsor: Rio Tinto Plc. (England) Policy Review U.S. Economic Impact: The Project is not expected to have a negative impact on the U.S. economy, as the U.S. does not mine bauxite on a large-scale, commercial basis, and the limited bauxite mining in the U.S. does not support aluminum production.

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PINJARRA Environmental Improvement Plan

Range south of Perth supply bauxite to Alcoa's three alumina refineries at Kwinana, Pinjarra and Wagerup. These refineries extract alumina from the bauxite. The Huntly mine is the world's second largest bauxite mine. Pinjarra Alumina Refinery is located 90 kilometres south of Perth, a 30-minute drive from the coastal city of

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Scope 3 emissions: a potential pivot for aluminium carbon reduction

Bauxite mining, as the origin of aluminium production, produces a world average of 77 kg CO2 e/t aluminium in 2023. The world average bauxite ocean freight emission is estimated at 74 kg CO2 e/t aluminium in 2023. Compared to producing alumina at the same location with bauxite mines, transporting bauxite from overseas clearly …

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Alumina Production

In Malaysia, bauxite production decreased to 1 million tons in 2016 from 35 million tons in 2015 and 3.67 million tons in 2014. In January, the Government temporarily banned bauxite mining in response to illegal mining and pollution at ports from bauxite stockpiles. The initial mining ban was for 3 months but was extended until at least March …

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Bauxite | Geoscience Australia

The new company owns 86% of the integrated Worsley bauxite mine and alumina refinery, with Japan Alumina Associates (Australia) Pty Ltd (10%) and Sojitz Alumina Pty Ltd (4%) holding the remainder. The Worsley refinery produced 4544 kt of alumina in 2016 and 4438 Kt in 2017. This alumina was then exported via the Port of …

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A carbon fix for alumina refining exists, but it's a long way off

About 3 per cent of Australia's total emissions are generated by the six refineries that turn bauxite ore into a white powder called alumina, and the carbon footprint increases further when that ...

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Sustainably Growing Guinea's Bauxite-Aluminum …

Guinea's bauxite-aluminum industry is undergoing significant expansion of investment, concession agreements, and in-country mining and refining operations. In 2018, UNDP-Guinea and Columbia …

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Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refining Process …

Exposures to bauxite dust, alumina dust, and caustic mist in contemporary best-practice bauxite mining and alumina refining operations have not been demonstrated to be associated...

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The Environmental Impact of Aluminum (And Why it's …

Fortunately, the environmental impact of that process can be somewhat balanced out by post-mining rehabilitation, efficient recycling, and generally reducing our consumption. The Process: Bauxite to …

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