The effects of the disposal of copper mine tailings on the littoral meiofaunal assemblages of the Chanaral area of northern Chile were studied. Of the metals data collected, only in the case ~ of copper was there a clear association with the tailings distribution ...

Mining, and the subsequent ore beneficiating processes associated withextractive metallurgical techniques, impinge on the earth's surface in various ways which are specific to the ore being mined, the site and the waste products from the metallurgical processes. ...