• Phosphogypsum circular economy considerations: A critical review from more than 65 storage sites worldwide 

  Bilal, Essaid; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel; Haneklaus, Nils (Elsevier, 2023-05)

  Nearly 300 million t of phosphogypsum (PG) are produced every year as a byproduct from phosphate fertilizer production worldwide. Approximately 58% of the PG are stacked, 28% are discharged in coastal waters and only 14% ...

  

• Choosing the site, getting the stones, building the dolmens: local sourcing of andesites at the El Pozuelo megalithic complex (Huelva, Spain) 

  Linares Catela, José Antonio; Donaire Romero, Teodosio; Mora Molina, Coronada; Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel (Springer Science and Business Media LLC., 2023-06)

  The geoarchaeological study focuses on the lithological characterization and provenance determination of the rocks of the El Pozuelo dolmens. The difficulty of identifying volcanic rocks in the intensely altered and ...

  

• Study of PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and anhydro-sugars in ambient air near two Spanish oil refineries: Covid-19 effects 

  Guzmán, Marco Antonio; Fernández, A. J.; Boente López, Carlos; Márquez Martínez, Gonzalo; Sánchez de la Campa Verdona, Ana María; Lorenzo, E. (Elsevier, 2023)

  We report the results from a 12 month-long study of the organic compounds associated to PM2.5 samples collected around two petroleum refineries (4 samples/month/site) in two complex industrial zones reporting atmospheric ...

  

• Distribution of critical metals in evolving pyrite from massive sulfide ores of the Iberian Pyrite Belt 

  Yesares Ortiz, María Dolores; Piña, Rubén; González Jiménez, José M.; Sáez Ramos, Reinaldo; Ruiz de Almodóvar Sel, Gabriel; Fanlo, Isabel; Pons, J. M.; Vega, Raquel (Elsevier, 2023)

  With >90 known deposits containing original reserves of >2400 Mt of sulfide ore, the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) is the largest volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) province on Earth. In these evolving mineral systems, ...

  

• PM10 Resuspension of Road Dust in Different Types of Parking Lots: Emissions, Chemical Characterisation and Ecotoxicity 

  Casotti Rienda, Ismael; Alves, Célia; Nunes, Teresa; Soares, Marlene; Amato, F.; Sánchez de la Campa Verdona, Ana María; Kováts, Nóra; Hubai, Katalin; Teke, Gábor (MDPI, 2023-02)

  The thoracic fraction of road dust (PM10) was measured for the first time in Portugal in parking areas, both outdoors and indoors, with the aim of completing existing studies carried out in active lanes of various roads. ...

  

• Life cycle assessment of management/valorisation practices for metal-sludge from treatment of acid mine drainage 

  Moreno González, Raúl; Macías Suárez, Francisco; Meyer, Andreas; Schneider, Petra; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel; Olías Álvarez, Manuel; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos (Elsevier, 2023)

  The treatment of acid mine drainage in sulphide mining generates large amounts of metal-rich sludge whose management suppose an environmental quandary worldwide. Although traditional practices have focused on safe disposal ...

  

• Metal mobility and bioaccessibility from cyanide leaching heaps in a historical mine site 

  Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Moreno González, Raúl; Vieira, Bruno J. C.; Waerenborgh, João Carlos; Marques, Rosa; Macías Suárez, Francisco; Basallote Sánchez, María Dolores; Olías Álvarez, Manuel; Prudencio, María Isabel (Elsevier, 2023-02)

  Unlike acidic sulfide mine wastes, where metal/loid mobility and bioaccessibility has been widely studied, less attention has been paid to alkaline cyanide heap leaching wastes. Thus, the main goal of this study is to ...

  

• Evidence of rare earth elements origin in acid mine drainage from the Iberian Pyrite Belt (SW Spain) 

  León, Rafael; Macías Suárez, Francisco; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Millán Becerro, Ricardo; Pérez López, Rafael; Ayora, Carlos; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel (Elsevier, 2023-02)

  Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a worldwide pollution problem of watersheds. In addition to toxic metal(oid)s and acidity, many elements of economic interest are released into the environment, which make AMD a potential strategic ...

  

• Factores condicionantes de la acidificación de embalses por lixiviados mineros en la Faja Pirítica Ibérica 

  Olías Álvarez, Manuel; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Moreno González, Raúl; Macías Suárez, Francisco; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel (Sociedad Geológica de España, 2022)

  Los ríos que drenan la Faja Pirítica Ibérica (FPI) presentan un grave problema de contaminación por aguas ácidas procedentes de minas de sulfuros abandonadas. La construcción de la presa de Alcolea, localizada en el río ...

  

• Wildfire effects on the hydrogeochemistry of a river severely polluted by acid mine drainage 

  Romero Matos, Jonatan; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Macías Suárez, Francisco; Pérez López, Rafael; León, Rafael; Millán Becerro, Ricardo; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel (Elsevier, 2023)

  This study evaluates for the first time the impact of a large wildfire on the hydrogeochemistry of a deeply AMDaffected river at the beginning of the wet season. To accomplish this, a high-resolution water monitoring campaign ...

  

• Phytoaccumulation of trace elements (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn) by Nicotiana glauca and Euphorbia segetalis growing in a Technosol developed on legacy mine wastes (Domingo Rubio wetland, SW Spain) 

  Barba Brioso, Cinta; Hidalgo Fernández, Pablo José; Fernández Landero, Sandra; Giráldez Díaz, Inmaculada; Fernández Caliani, Juan Carlos (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023-03)

  Sulfidic mine wastes have the potential to generate acid mine drainage (AMD) and release acid leachates containing high levels of iron, sulfate and potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Soils receiving AMD discharges are ...

  

• Soil Contaminated with Hazardous Waste Materials at Rio Tinto Mine (Spain) Is a Persistent Secondary Source of Acid and Heavy Metals to the Environment 

  Fernández Landero, Sandra; Fernández Caliani, Juan Carlos; Giráldez Díaz, Inmaculada; Morales Carrillo de Albornoz, Emilio; Barba Brioso, Cinta; González Díez, Isabel (MDPI, 2023-03)

  Mineralogical analysis and laboratory-based leaching tests coupled with speciation modeling were undertaken to quantify the potential for short-term acid generation and the release of trace elements from soils heavily ...

  

• Review of the concentration, bioaccumulation, and effects of lanthanides in marine systems 

  Neira, Patricia; Romero Freire, Ana; Basallote Sánchez, María Dolores; Qiu, Hao; Cobelo García, Antonio; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos (Frontiers Media SA, 2022-07-28)

  Rare earth elements (REEs) or lanthanides are often found together in nature, and they are used in multiple anthropogenic activities from green energy and medical technologies to telecommunications and defense systems. ...

  

• Effects of aluminum incorporation on the schwertmannite structure and surface properties 

  Carrero Romero, Sergio; Fernández Martínez, Alejandro; Pérez López, Rafael; Cama, J.; Dejoie, Catherine; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2022-06-15)

  Schwertmannite is a common nanomineral in acid sulfate environments such as Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and Acid Sulfate Soils (ASS). Its high surface area and positively charged surface result in a strong affinity towards ...

  

• Rare earth element signature modifications induced by differential acid alteration of rocks in the Iberian Pyrite Belt 

  Cuadros, Javier; Mavris, Christian; Nieto Liñán, José Miguel (Elsevier, 2023)

  The efficient use of REE as tracers of weathering processes requires further data acquisition to establish robust connections between mechanisms, mineral assemblages and REE concentration patterns. Here, results are provided ...

  

• Natural radioactivity and element characterization in pit lakes in Northern Sweden 

  Thomas, R.; Mantero, J.; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Holm, E.; García-Tenorio, R.; Forssell-Aronsson, Eva; Isaksson, Mats (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022)

  Northern Sweden has been the object of intense metal mining in the last decades producing several water-filled open-pits, or pit lakes. Most of these pit lakes have been limed to maintain a good water quality and to ...

  

• Enrichment and Fractionation of Rare Earth Elements in an Estuarine Marsh Soil Receiving Acid Discharges from Legacy Sulfide Mine Wastes 

  Fernández Caliani, Juan Carlos; Grantcharova, Mihaela M. (MDPI, 2021)

  This paper provides new insights into the geochemical cycling of rare earth elements (REEs) in acid sulfate soils developed on salt marsh sediments of the Huelva estuary (Spain) as a result of sulfide mineral oxidation in ...

  

• Polymetallic nanoparticles in pyrite from massive and stockwork ores of VMS deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt 

  González Jiménez, José M.; Yesares Ortiz, María Dolores; Piña, Rubén; Sáez Ramos, Reinaldo; Ruiz de Almodóvar Sel, Gabriel; Nieto García, F.; Tenorio, Sergio (Elsevier, 2022)

  This paper reports the first-ever study on nanoscale mineralogy in pyrite from the volcanogenic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits of the Iberian Pyrite Belt, southwestern Iberian Peninsula. It targeted colloform-textured ...

  

• PM2.5 chemical composition and health risks by inhalation near a chemical complex 

  Alves, Célia; Evtyugina, Margarita; Vicente, Estela; Vicente, Ana; Casotti Rienda, Ismael; Sánchez de la Campa Verdona, Ana María; Tomé, Mário; Duarte, Iola (Elsevier, 2023)

  Particulate matter (PM2.5) samples were collected in the vicinity of an industrial chemical pole and analysed for organic and elemental carbon (OC and EC), 47 trace elements and around 150 organic constituents. On average, ...

  

• Phosphogypsum weathering and implications for pollutant discharge into an estuary 

  Millán Becerro, Ricardo; Pérez López, Rafael; Ruiz Cánovas, Carlos; Macías Suárez, Francisco (Elsevier, 2023)

  Approximately 100 million tons of phosphogypsum were stockpiled onto marsh soils of the Tinto River estuary (Huelva, SW Spain). This study focuses on the hydraulic response of the phosphogypsum stack to the different ...

  

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