Efectos ambientales del drenaje ácido de mina y su tratamiento

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Romel González-Hernández http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1594-0287
Verónica Martínez-Miranda http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-9249
Ivonne Linares-Hernández http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7302-8491
Raúl Cortés-Martínez http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-2403
Luis Antonio Castillo-Suárez http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9755-7117

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La minería es una actividad industrial de gran importancia para el desarrollo científico, tecnológico, arquitectura, salud y telecomunicaciones. México es caracterizado por su riqueza de especies minerales que alberga su diversidad geológica, que promueve gran interés entre compañías mineras nacionales e internacionales (Ramírez Macedonio & García Castro, 2020).


Por otro lado, la minería genera grandes cantidades de desechos que no son tratados y provocan graves problemas ambientales (Mafra et al., 2020). El Drenaje Ácido de Mina (DAM) resulta de la oxidación química y bacteriana de minerales sulfurados como la pirita (FeS2), en condiciones atmosféricas durante la extracción de minerales metálicos y carbón.


El impacto adverso que causa el DAM sobre la vida acuática y la calidad de los cuerpos de agua es preocupante debido a la movilidad de ácidos, sulfatos y metales (Fe, Al, Mn, Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg, Cd, Ni), metaloides (As) y sólidos en suspensión (Akcil & Koldas, 2006; Alonso et al., 2020; Kefeni et al., 2018; Nqombolo et al., 2019; Rodríguez-Galán et al., 2019); esta contaminación es un problema global debido a su toxicidad y bioacumulación (Atangana & Oberholster, 2021; Ayala & Fernández, 2019; Pan et al., 2021; Sahoo et al., 2020). El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los impactos del DAM, los avances y las propuestas para su manejo, tratamiento y mitigación.

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GONZÁLEZ-HERNÁNDEZ, Romel et al. Efectos ambientales del drenaje ácido de mina y su tratamiento. Ideas en Ciencias de la Ingeniería, [S.l.], v. 1, n. 2, p. 16-28, oct. 2022. ISSN 2992-7447. Disponible en: <https://ideasencienciasingenieria.uaemex.mx/article/view/17325>. Fecha de acceso: 26 ago. 2026
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