Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management
Vol 10, No 4 (2023)

Solidification and stabilization of mercury-contaminated tailings in artisanal and small-scale gold mining using tras soil

Ranno Marlany Rachman (Department of Civil Engineering, Halu Oleo University)
Uniadi Mangidi (Department of Civil Engineering, Halu Oleo University)
Yulinah Trihadiningrum (Department of Environmental Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jul 2023

Abstract

Artisanal and small-scale gold is known to be sources of mercury pollution. This mercury contamination occurs when gold is isolated by the amalgamation method, contamination occurs. Mercury pollution in small-scale artisanal gold mining in the Kulon Progo area of Yogyakarta, the lowest tailing content was 164.49 mg kg-1, and the highest was 383.21 mg kg-1. This value exceeded the quality standard stipulated by Indonesian Government Regulation 22 of 2021 of 75 mg kg-1. The technology that can control pollution is stabilization/solidification (S/S). This research aimed to determine the optimum composition of the tailings mixture with tras soil. Variations in the design of tras soil with tailings were 100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, 40:60, 30:70, 20:80, and 10:90. The results showed that the optimum tras: tailings soil composition was 90:10, with a compressive test of 31 t m-2. Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) was 0.0033 mg L-1 according to the quality standard of Indonesian Government Regulation no. 22, 2021, with a value of 0.05 mg L-1. The compressive strength results follow the quality of the US EPA of 35 t m-2.

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jdmlm

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

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Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management is managed by the International Research Centre for the Management of Degraded and Mining Lands (IRC-MEDMIND), research collaboration between Brawijaya University, Mataram University, Massey University, and Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of ...