On the main parameters of waste-free technology for wastewater treatment from heavy metals in the design of the development of copper-crusted deposits

The article presents the development of a waste-free technology for improving water
treatment systems in the development of copper-mineralized deposits. The relevance of the study is due to the need to reduce the negative impact of mining on water bodies, especially in regions with a developed mining industry, where the problem of contamination of water bodies with heavy metals such as zinc, copper, iron and cadmium is acute. The aim of the work is to increase the efficiency of extracting heavy metals from highly mineralized wastewater using industrial waste. A technology for industrial wastewater treatment based on the use of secondary resources has been developed. The technological process includes: accumulation and averaging of effluents; basic purification using iron-magnesium production waste, which ensures the neutralization of heavy metals and the possibility of simultaneous production of ferro-magnesium ameliorant; post-treatment with humic production waste for sorption extraction of residual metals with the possibility of obtaining a secondary product in the form of humic ameliorant.

Antoninova N. Yu., Sobenin A. V., Usmanov A. I., Kuznetsova Ya. A. On the main parameters of waste-free technology for wastewater treatment from heavy metals in the design of the development of copper-crusted deposits. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2025;(12-1): 90-103. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2025_121_0_90.

The article was prepared within the framework of the State Assignment No. 075-00410-25-00 PR. Topic 2 (2025-2027). Geoinformation support for the system assessment of environmental conservation strategies in the development of subsurface resources (FUWE-2025-0002), reg. No. 1022040300092-1-1.5.1.

N.Yu. Antoninova¹, Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Head of Laboratory, e-mail: natal78@list.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8503-639X,
A.V. Sobenin¹, Researcher, e-mail: arsob@yandex.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5513-5680,
A.I. Usmanov¹, Researcher, e-mail: albert3179@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-3650-0467,
Ya.A. Kuznetsova¹, Junior Researcher, e-mail: yaroslava.brusnitsyna@mail.ru, ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7808-8474,
¹ Ural State Mining University, 620144, Ekaterinburg, Russia.

A.V. Sobenin, e-mail: arsob@yandex.ru.

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