O gerenciamento de resíduos municipais é um tema que vem se tornando cada vez mais importante no contexto das preocupações mundiais dos governos, e teve um considerável desenvolvimento na última década. Tanto os países desenvolvidos como os "em desenvolvimento" emitiram normativas legais restritivas, visando otimizar seus planos de tratamento e destinação final destes resíduos. Embora hajam esforços para diminu...
Before lauching any mining enterprise, whether open pit or underground, must have knowledge of rock mass geomechanical characteristics, which the work will be developed. The geomechanical classification systems are used to obtain information about these characteristics. These systems gather the necessary information and propose an index for rock mass qualifying. This article presents the methodology used on a r...
Overburden material and waste are the main residues generated by mining, with attention regard to its proper handling and disposal. Although the limestone extraction that comprise basic unit operations over the years moving large volumes of sterile, which is deposited in piles. In this context the present study aims to evaluate and propose improvements to the constructive aspects of the piles under study, ident...
This work use an environmental planning methodology , as an aid to the analysis of location alternatives for disposal of overburden to be generated during the development and operation phases of the future of pit mine phosphate Três Estradas. Applying technical guidance, present in the NBR 13029 of ABNT , with minimum character of the impacts on the environment by applying weights to environmental parameters fo...
With economic and population growth in recent decades, it has been possible to observe an increase of vehicles in urban areas, and associated with it an increase in health problems caused by the daily impact of equipment and vehicles in cities. Generally, the main impacts realized by the population are the vibration and noise, often caused by the intense traffic of vehicles, as well as the operation of mechanic...
The study and control of slope stability have grown greatly in recent decades, so the quality and the reliability of the results of an analysis of stability are very important because they provide savings for the enterprise and security for workers. This article aims to address the geological and geotechnical aspects considered most important for the stability of slope excavation in rock masses. To achieve this...
The use of explosives is an efficient and economically viable way for blasting rock in mining. However, it is know that 20-30% of the energy of explosives is actually used in rock fragmentation and the rest of this energy ends up causing impacts on the environment such as noise, vibration, gases, dust and flyrocks. Thus, there is a real risk to structures and people around of quarries and mines in general when ...
Air blast and ground vibrations generated by rock blasting have become a major legal and technical problem, mainly due the growing of the cities to the neighborhood of mines and quarries. For many people, the main environmental impacts associated with mining are those generated by rock blasting, and there is a real risk in handling explosives since just around 20-30% of the explosives energy is used to fragment...