Water footprinting and mining: where are the limitations and opportunities?

The ecoinvent database version 3 (part I): overview and methodology

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Four billion people facing severe water scarcity

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Arsenic removal from water/wastewater using adsorbents—A critical review

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New trends in removing heavy metals from industrial wastewater

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Acid mine drainage remediation options: a review

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The Water Footprint Assessment Manual. Setting the Global Standard

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Acid Mine Drainage (AMD): causes, treatment and case studies

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Water balance of global aquifers revealed by groundwater footprint

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Chemical treatment technologies for waste-water recycling—an overview

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Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Freshwater Consumption in LCA

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Corporate social responsibility in the mining industry: Exploring trends in social and environmental disclosure

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Future long-term changes in global water resources driven by socio-economic and climatic changes

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A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment

Reap, J., Román, F., Duncan, S. J., & Bras, B. (2008) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-008-0008-x · Cited by 941 · see citing works

A survey of unresolved problems in life cycle assessment

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Designing mine tailings for better environmental, social and economic outcomes: a review of alternative approaches

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Global monthly water stress: 2. Water demand and severity of water stress

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The Environmental sustainability of mining in Australia: key mega-trends and looming constraints

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China's ion-adsorption rare earth resources, mining consequences and preservation

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Global estimates of water withdrawals and availability under current and future “business-as-usual” conditions

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In situ leaching of copper: Challenges and future prospects

Sinclair, L., & Thompson, J. (2015) · Hydrometallurgy · doi:10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.08.022 · Cited by 389 · see citing works

Water footprint manual: state of the art 2009

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Sustainable development principles for the disposal of mining and mineral processing wastes

Franks, D. M., Boger, D. V., Côte, C. M., et al. (2011) · Resources Policy · doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.12.001 · Cited by 359 · see citing works

Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment

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Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams

Vick, S. G. (2020) · cIRcle (University of British Columbia) · doi:10.14288/1.0394902 · Cited by 332 · see citing works

Sustainability reporting among mining corporations: a constructive critique of the GRI approach

Fonseca, A., McAllister, M. L., & Fitzpatrick, P. (2014) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.050 · Cited by 292 · see citing works

Using sustainability reporting to assess the environmental footprint of copper mining

Northey, S., Haque, N., & Mudd, G. M. (2012) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.09.027 · Cited by 275 · see citing works

The longevity of minewater pollution: a basis for decision-making

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Monthly water stress: spatially and temporally explicit consumptive water footprint of global crop production

Pfister, S., & Bayer, P. (2013) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.031 · Cited by 267 · see citing works

A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA

Hoekstra, A. Y. (2016) · Ecological Indicators · doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.026 · Cited by 263 · see citing works

Tailings Dam Failures: A Review of the Last One Hundred Years

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Reducing mine water requirements

Gunson, A. J., Klein, B., Veiga, M. M., & Dunbar, S. (2011) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.08.020 · Cited by 217 · see citing works

Water footprint: methodologies and a case study for assessing the impacts of water use

Jeswani, H. K., & Azapagic, A. (2011) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.04.003 · Cited by 198 · see citing works

Managing the cumulative impacts of coal mining on regional communities and environments in Australia

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Mining, water and human rights: making the connection

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Complementarities of Water-Focused Life Cycle Assessment and Water Footprint Assessment

Boulay, A., Hoekstra, A. Y., & Vionnet, S. (2013) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/es403928f · Cited by 194 · see citing works

The ecoinvent database version 3 (part II): analyzing LCA results and comparison to version 2

Steubing, B., Wernet, G., Reinhard, J., Bauer, C., & Moreno-Ruiz, E. (2016) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-016-1109-6 · Cited by 181 · see citing works

A new water footprint calculation method integrating consumptive and degradative water use into a single stand-alone weighted indicator

Ridoutt, B. G., & Pfister, S. (2012) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-012-0458-z · Cited by 180 · see citing works

The environmental costs of platinum–PGM mining and sustainability: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

Glaister, B. J., & Mudd, G. M. (2010) · Minerals Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2009.12.007 · Cited by 179 · see citing works

Harmonization of LCA methodologies for the metal and mining industry

Santero, N. J., & Hendry, J. (2016) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-015-1022-4 · Cited by 173 · see citing works

Water Accounting and Vulnerability Evaluation (WAVE): Considering Atmospheric Evaporation Recycling and the Risk of Freshwater Depletion in Water Footprinting

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Submarine and deep-sea mine tailing placements: A review of current practices, environmental issues, natural analogs and knowledge gaps in Norway and internationally

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Sustainability Reporting and Water Resources: a Preliminary Assessment of Embodied Water and Sustainable Mining

Mudd, G. M. (2008) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-008-0037-5 · Cited by 150 · see citing works

Benchmarking comminution energy consumption for the processing of copper and gold ores

Ballantyne, G. R., & Powell, M. (2014) · Minerals Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2014.05.017 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: progress and case study

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Methodological Challenges in Volumetric and Impact‐Oriented Water Footprints

Berger, M., & Finkbeiner, M. (2012) · Journal of Industrial Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00495.x · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Critical review of acid in situ leach uranium mining: 1. USA and Australia

Mudd, G. M. (2001) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s002540100406 · Cited by 124 · see citing works

The Global Acid Rock Drainage Guide (GARD Guide)

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Life cycle assessment of mine tailings management in Canada

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Environmental impact of mining activities on the surface water quality in Tibet: Gyama valley

Huang, X. Y., Sillanpää, M. E. T., Gjessing, E. T., et al. (2010) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.05.015 · Cited by 112 · see citing works

Categorizing water for LCA inventory

Boulay, A., Bouchard, C. R., Bulle, C., Deschênes, L., & Margni, M. D. (2011) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-011-0300-z · Cited by 109 · see citing works

The use of seawater as process water at Las Luces copper–molybdenum beneficiation plant in Taltal (Chile)

Moreno, P. A., Aral, H., Cuevas, J., et al. (2011) · Minerals Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2011.03.009 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

A review of sustainable development in the Chilean mining sector: past, present and future

Ghorbani, Y., & Kuan, S. H. (2016) · International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment · doi:10.1080/17480930.2015.1128799 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Analysis of water use impact assessment methods (part A): evaluation of modeling choices based on a quantitative comparison of scarcity and human health indicators

Boulay, A., Motoshita, M., Pfister, S., Bulle, C., Muñoz, I., Franceschini, H., & Margni, M. D. (2014) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-014-0814-2 · Cited by 96 · see citing works

Contemporary Reviews of Mine Water Studies in Europe, Part 2

Wolkersdorfer, C., & Bowell, R. J. (2005) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-005-0068-0 · Cited by 95 · see citing works

REVIEW OF AGGLOMERATION PRACTICE AND FUNDAMENTALS IN HEAP LEACHING

Bouffard, S. C. (2005) · Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review · doi:10.1080/08827500590944009 · Cited by 89 · see citing works

The Pebble Mine Dialogue: A case study in public engagement and the social license to operate

Holley, E., & Mitcham, C. (2015) · Resources Policy · doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2015.11.002 · Cited by 82 · see citing works

Water Scarcity Footprints by Considering the Differences in Water Sources

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Critical review of acid in situ leach uranium mining: 2. Soviet Block and Asia

Mudd, G. M. (2001) · Environmental Geology · doi:10.1007/s002540100405 · Cited by 76 · see citing works

Ecoinvent 3: assessing water use in LCA and facilitating water footprinting

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Environmental relevance—the key to understanding water footprints

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Evaluating recharge to an ephemeral dryland stream using a hydraulic model and water, chloride and isotope mass balance

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Modelling spatially explicit impacts from phosphorus emissions in agriculture

Scherer, L., & Pfister, S. (2015) · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment · doi:10.1007/s11367-015-0880-0 · Cited by 72 · see citing works

The Blue Water Footprint of Primary Copper Production in Northern Chile

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Towards an Integrated Family of Footprint Indicators

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Reducing mine water network energy requirements

Gunson, A. J., Klein, B., Veiga, M. M., et al. (2010) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.04.002 · Cited by 59 · see citing works

Global water scarcity: the monthly blue water footprint compared to blue water availability for the world's major river basins

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Evaluating the application of water footprint methods to primary metal production systems

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A Rich Vein? Mining and the Pursuit of Sustainability

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Spatial and temporal specific characterisation factors for water use impact assessment in Spain

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Groundwater and surface water contamination in the area of the Hitura nickel mine, Western Finland

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Contemporary Reviews of Mine Water Studies in Europe, Part 1

Wolkersdorfer, C., & Bowell, R. J. (2004) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-004-0060-0 · Cited by 53 · see citing works

Principles and criteria of sustainable development for the mineral exploration industry

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Water Footprint: Pitfalls on Common Ground

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Mine site-level water reporting in the Macquarie and Lachlan catchments: a study of voluntary and mandatory disclosures and their value for community decision-making

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Water and society: mutual challenges for eco-efficient and socially acceptable mining in Finland

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Water resources in australian mine pit lakes

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Mine Closure of Pit Lakes as Terminal Sinks: Best Available Practice When Options are Limited?

McCullough, C. D., Marchand, G., & Unseld, J. (2013) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-013-0235-7 · Cited by 41 · see citing works

Investigating the inventory and characterization aspects of footprinting methods: lessons for the classification and integration of footprints

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Comparing local and global water scarcity information in determining the water scarcity footprint of potato cultivation in Great Britain

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The Water Impact Index: a simplified single-indicator approach for water footprinting

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Re-evaluation of future water stress due to socio-economic and climate factors under a warming climate

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Contemporary Reviews of Mine Water Studies in Europe, Part 3

Wolkersdorfer, C., & Bowell, R. J. (2005) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-005-0074-2 · Cited by 37 · see citing works

Mine water issues in the United Kingdom

Jarvis, A., & Rees, B. (2004) · Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) · doi:10.25405/ncl.34104960 · Cited by 36 · see citing works

Water and energy assessment for dewatering in opencast mines

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Water scarcity footprint of primary aluminium

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Quantifying, reducing and improving mine water use

Gunson, A. J. (2013) · cIRcle (University of British Columbia) · doi:10.14288/1.0071942 · Cited by 34 · see citing works

Selection of spatial scale for assessing impacts of groundwater-based water supply on freshwater resources

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Policy guidance for identifying and effectively managing perpetual environmental impacts from new hardrock mines

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Recreational Use of Acidic Pit Lakes—Human Health Considerations for Post Closure Planning

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Large-Scale Hydrological Modeling for Calculating Water Stress Indices: Implications of Improved Spatiotemporal Resolution, Surface-Groundwater Differentiation, and Uncertainty Characterization

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Filtered dry stacked tailings : the fundamentals

Davies, M. (2011) · cIRcle (University of British Columbia) · doi:10.14288/1.0107683 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

Excluding site-specific data from the lca inventory: how this affects life cycle impact assessment

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The influence of particle size on energy consumption and water recovery in comminution and dewatering systems

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Quantification of water usage at a South African platinum processing plant

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The robustness of mine water accounting over a range of operating contexts and commodities

Danoucaras, A. N., Woodley, A., & Moran, C. J. (2014) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.078 · Cited by 25 · see citing works

Assessing the blue-water footprint of an opencast platinum mine in South Africa

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Mine waste disposal leads to lower coral cover, reduced species richness and a predominance of simple coral growth forms on a fringing coral reef in Papua New Guinea

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Mine water: policy perspective for improving water management in the mining environment with respect to developing economies

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The utility of a systems approach for managing strategic water risks at a mine site level

Kunz, N. C., & Moran, C. J. (2016) · Water Resources and Industry · doi:10.1016/j.wri.2016.02.001 · Cited by 22 · see citing works

International cyanide management code

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Managing the Potential Risks of Using Bacteria-Laden Water in Mineral Processing to Protect Freshwater

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Characteristics and Seasonal Variation of Sediments in Lake Junttiselkä, Pyhäsalmi, Finland

Mäkinen, J., & Lerssi, J. (2007) · Mine Water and the Environment · doi:10.1007/s10230-007-0015-3 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

The potential for the dry processing of ores

Napier-Munn, T. J., & Morrison, R. (2003) · Cited by 12 · see citing works

The water footprint of mining operations in space and time - a new paradigm for sustainability assessments?

Younger, P. L. (2006) · Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) · doi:10.25405/ncl.34106730 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

The need to extend the study of greenhouse impacts of mining and mineral processing to hydraulic streams: long distance pipelines count

Ihle, C. F. (2013) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.11.013 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Water footprint for a South African platinum mine

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Sustainable water use at olympic dam

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Salt: an emerging water concern for the global mining and minerals industries

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Managing the cumulative groundwater impacts of multiple iron ore projects at Cape Preston (or ... one plus one plus one plus one does not equal four)

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Hydrogeology of the coastal mining area, Lihir goldmine, Papua New Guinea

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Life cycle based water footprints of selected mineral and metal processing routes

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