On the cover of Issue 7 we have an arresting image of the barren and extremely acidic metalliferous mine wasteland at Dabaoshan Pyrite/Copper Mine, located in the north of the Guangdong Province, China. It accompanies work from W. S. Shu et al., from Sun Yat-Sen University, Jishou University and Shaoguan Pb/Zn Smelter, demonstrating the effectiveness of the combination of the net acid generation test and bioassay assessment for developing a reclamation strategy for extremely acidic mine soils.
To read their conclusions on appropriate soil amendments download the full article – it’s free to access for 6 weeks:
Effectiveness of amendments on re-acidification and heavy metal immobilization in an extremely acidic mine soil
S. X. Yang, J. T. Li, B. Yang, B. Liao, J. T. Zhang and W. S. Shu
J. Environ. Monit., 2011, 13, 1876-1883
