Assessment of soil polution by нeavy metals in the area of open mining works

Abstract

This article discusses the assessment of the level of soil pollution of heavy metals by their content in the conditions to mining and processing production associations. According to the results of laboratory analysis of the studied soils, the predominant types of HM soil contamination were identified. We have studied 8 heavy metals, the determination of the content on the territory of mining plants showed a quantitative increase in the content of heavy metals in the soil. According to the scale of soil contamination by heavy metals on the territory of the mining and processing production Association, it can be attributed to the average level of pollution. In research for the first time analyzed and assessed technogenic soil pollution of heavy metals in their mobile content and on this basis the proposed activities on environmental protection designed for the mining and processing production associations, including: measures to reduce impact, protection and rational use of soil. This article demonstrates that currently the main factors contributing to soil contamination of HM are mining plants.