A review of dust emission dispersions in rock aggregate and natural stone quarries

Marjo Sairanen, Mikael Rinne, O. Selonen

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Abstrakti

Fugitive dust constitutes one of the most severe environmental problems in quarries because it escapes capture. This review aims to provide overview of dust concentration caused by quarrying by synthesising the current knowledge. The 25 studies explored here were conducted in open-pit quarries or mines. Three main dust sources surfaced from the studies: drilling, crushing and hauling. Analysis revealed a range of dust concentrations caused by different quarrying operations. Crushing was the most significant dust source, while drilling caused the highest variation. Dust concentration decrease was observed with increasing distance, but the retention was incoherent due to local dust sources.

AlkuperäiskieliEnglanti
Sivut1-25
Sivumäärä25
JulkaisuINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MINING, RECLAMATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Vuosikerta32
Numero3
Varhainen verkossa julkaisun päivämäärä4 tammik. 2017
DOI - pysyväislinkit
TilaJulkaistu - 2018
OKM-julkaisutyyppiA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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