Mining impacts assessment using the LCA methodology: case study of Afema gold mine in Ivory Coast
Autor: | Miguel López-Ferber, Blaise Koffi Yao, Olivier Belcourt, Théophile Lasm, Kouadio Assemien François Yao, Guillaume Junqua, David Salze |
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Přispěvatelé: | Eau, Ressources, Territoires (ERT - IMT Mines Alès), Laboratoire de Génie de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques Industriels et Naturels (LGEI), IMT - MINES ALES (IMT - MINES ALES), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-IMT - MINES ALES (IMT - MINES ALES), Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT)-Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] (IMT), Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny (UFHB) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Climate Change Geography Planning and Development Climate change 010501 environmental sciences Off‐site impacts 01 natural sciences Mining EIA [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] Extraction site 11. Sustainability Entire life cycle Environmental impact assessment On‐site impacts Environmental planning Life-cycle assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Data collection LCA Mining industry Excavation General Medicine Cote d'Ivoire 13. Climate action EIA procedure Environmental science Gold Environmental Monitoring |
Zdroj: | Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Wiley, 2021, 17 (2), pp.465-479. ⟨10.1002/ieam.4336⟩ |
ISSN: | 1551-3777 1551-3793 |
DOI: | 10.1002/ieam.4336⟩ |
Popis: | Environmental impact assessment studies are mandatory for major industrial or infrastructure projects in most countries. These studies are usually limited to on-site impacts during exploitation but do not consider indirect impacts generated off-site or those concerning other steps of the project, including dismantling. National regulations in various countries have recently begun to include these neglected impacts to obtain a better appreciation of project trade-offs. Several scientists have highlighted the substantial potential of using the life cycle assessment methodology to increase the level of detail and completeness of environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies. Even if mining activities are known to produce significant local impacts, their consequences outside an extraction site have not yet been well documented. The implementation of the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology in the EIA procedure has been carried out in a Au mining project by separating on-site and off-site impacts during the entire life cycle of the mine from prospection to site restoration following the end of exploitation. Mining projects occur over large time periods and require diverse materials and processes. The main difficulty of such analysis is the data collection that needs to be extrapolated for some of the activities. Even with these limitations, the Afema case study highlighted the significant share of off-site impacts (from a spatial perspective) and the major contribution of the exploitation phase of the mine (from a temporal perspective). Operating activities, especially excavation, ore, and waste rock transportation, blasting, ore processing, and tailing treatments, are the main impacts produced during the exploitation phase and are involved in climate change, particulate matter formation, and land destruction. Therefore, this standardized LCA method should be recommended by the regulatory authorities for use in EIA procedures. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2021;17:465-479. © 2020 SETAC. |
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