Lina Hällström
Associate Senior Lecturer
Luleå University of Technology
Luleå University of Technology
Geosciences and Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Geochemistry and mineralogy is used to study the mobility, transport and fate of high-tec critical elements in historical tailings and the quality of the mine drainage downstream the tailings. Focus has been om beryllium, fluoride and tungsten, but several other elements are also of interest (e.g. Bi, Ge, In, Sn). The results will generate a sustainable environment within the mining industri when the usage of these elements increase in society due to climate change.
[https://www.ltu.se/preview/www/2.37185/2.38037/2.50774/2.38988/1.195922]
[https://www.ltu.se/research/subjects/Tillampad-geokemi/SGUs-bidrag-till-tillampad-geovetenskaplig-forskning-2020-1.195824]
Publications
Article in journal
Mobility of Be, Bi, F, Ga, Ge and W in Surface Water and the Water Quality Impact on Epilithic Diatoms Downstream of the Historical Yxsjoberg Mine Site, Sweden (2022)
Mine Water and the Environment, Vol. 41, nr. 3, s. 731-747
Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary
Source, mobility and fate of critical Be, Bi, F and W from historical sulfidic-oxidic skarn tailings (2021)
Re-mining as remediation method?
Article in journal
A simple model for evaluating isotopic (18O, 2H and 87Sr/86Sr) mixing calculations of mine (2020)
Impacted surface waters
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Vol. 232
Article in journal
Scheelite weathering and tungsten (W) mobility in historical oxidic-sulfidic skarn tailings at Yxsjöberg, Sweden (2020)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 27, nr. 6, s. 6180-6192
Article in journal
The geochemical behaviour of Be and F in historical mine tailings of Yxsjöberg, Sweden (2020)
Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol. 218