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Removal of Suspended Solids from Industrial Wastewater

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The article offers a review of the existing methods to remove suspended solids from industrial wastewater. The mechanical and physicochemical techniques which are in use already and to be in service in the short term are discussed. It is shown that each specific mine needs its own selection of a package of wastewater treatment methods.

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  1. Laboratory of Nature-Like Technologies and Technosphere Safety in the Arctic, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 184209, Apatity, Russia

    E. A. Krasavtseva & V. V. Maksimova

  2. Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems, Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 184209, Apatity, Russia

    E. A. Krasavtseva, V. V. Maksimova, D. V. Makarov & V. A. Masloboev

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Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, 2022, No. 3, pp. 136-146. https://doi.org/10.15372/FTPRPI20220314.

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Krasavtseva, E.A., Maksimova, V.V., Makarov, D.V. et al. Removal of Suspended Solids from Industrial Wastewater. J Min Sci 58, 466–475 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739122030140

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