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- Title
DYNAMICS OF THE HEAVY METALS CONTENT IN THE SOIL OF THE STEELPLANT SURROUNDINGS IN ZENICA.
- Authors
GOLETIĆ, Šefket
- Abstract
The Steelplant surroundings in Zenica has been loaded by heavy metals for almost 120 years, sulfur dioxide and other pollutants emitted from metallurgical and thermal power plants [1]. Anthropogenic emissions were influencing on the redistribution of heavy metals in the soil in wider surroundings of the steelplant. Because of that the soil and the plants were considerably contaminated with heavy metals and the production of many crop plants was risky due to heavy metals involvement in animal and humane food chain [2]. Primary metallurgical plants were not working in the period from 1992 to 2008, and the thermal power plants were working with 20% - 45%. By the middle of 2008 a revitalized integral production line was put in operation, with all key primary metallurgical plants and with the production volume of around 600 000 to 700 000 t/g of steel and 680 000 t/g of coke. Because of that the contamination of the soil and other environmental elements with heavy metals, sulfur and other pollutants was significantly reduced [3]. The monitoring of heavy metals and sulfur in the soil of the Steelplant in Zenica surroundings has a goal of determining the contamination of the agricultural land and the suitability of its use for agricultural production, as well as tracking the effects of measures implementation for reducing emissions from the Steelplant technological processes. In this paper the research results of the dynamics of the heavy metals and sulfur content in the surroundings of Steelplant in Zenica in the period from 1989 to 2011 are presented.
- Subjects
ZENICA (Bosnia &; Herzegovina); SOIL composition; HEAVY metals; STEEL mills; SULFUR dioxide; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); FOOD chains; METALLURGICAL plants
- Publication
Annals of the Faculty of Engineering Hunedoara - International Journal of Engineering, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
1584-2665
- Publication type
Article