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Environmental and Occupational Health Impact of Bauxite Mining in Malaysia: a Review Volume 16 Number 2, Dec 2017 Environmental and Occupational Health Impact of Bauxite Mining in Malaysia: A Review Lee KYa, Ho LYa, Tan KHa, Tham YYa, Ling SPa, Qureshi AMa, Ponnudurai Ta, Nordin Ra aJeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia ABSTRACT In the perspective of recent bauxite mining in Malaysia, this review aims to identify the potential environmental and health impacts on miners and surrounding communities. The environmental issues of bauxite mining include, air, water and soil pollution due to bauxite dust; leaching of bauxite into water sources resulting in reduced soil fertility as well as affecting agricultural food products and aquatic life. Bauxite occupational exposure affects the health of miners, and has negative consequences on the health of surrounding communities, such as increased respiratory symptoms, contamination of drinking water, other potential health risks from ingestion of bauxite and heavy metals, including noise-induced hearing loss and mental stress. This review discusses the processes of bauxite mining, its constituents and residual trace elements, and their impact on the environment and health of exposed workers and communities. It also explores the Malaysian legal requirements and standards of occupational exposure to bauxite. Keywords: Bauxite mining, occupational and environmental health impact, Malaysia INTRODUCTION 4 Aluminium (Al) is the most plentiful metal in and diaspore [α-AlO(OH)] . In addition, other earth’s crust, representing more than 7% by weight, compounds are also found in bauxite such as and is the third most abundant element after silicon hematite [Fe2O3], goethite [FeO(OH)], quartz [SiO2], 1 and oxygen . Because aluminium is highly reactive, rutile/anatase [TiO2], kaolinite [Al2Si2O5(OH)4] with 4 it is mostly found in oxidised form, of which impurities in traces . Trace elements found in approximately 250 different minerals exist1. Due to bauxite include arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, high chemical reactivity, aluminium is never found chromium, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel and in the elemental state1. In terms of production, naturally-occurring radioactive materials such as 2 bauxite is the main source of the world’s aluminium, uranium and thorium . These elements often remain supplying 99% of metallic aluminium1,2. Many attached to the bauxite residue even after alumina 2 minerals including feldspars contains aluminium, but extraction . extraction from these is expensive and requires high energy compared to bauxite3. Bauxite is formed as a weathering product of 1, 4 low iron and silica bedrock . The weathering Bauxite was first discovered near the town of Les process involves the exposure of various igneous, Baux in France, and was named after that town. It is sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks to the tropical 2 the principal ore of alumina (Al2O3) which is an and subtropical climates for millions of years . immediate precursor in aluminium production2. Ninety per cent of bauxite resources in the world Having reddish-brown colour, bauxite is a naturally can be found in tropical areas while the rest in occurring heterogeneous material and composes of other latitudes have been exposed to prolonged 2 one or more aluminium hydroxide minerals, weathering in their geological past . Large bauxite principally gibbsite [Al(OH)3], boehmite [γ-AlO(OH)] reserves are found in Central and South America particularly in Brazil, Guinea and Australia2, 4. In Malaysia, bauxite resources are mainly located in Bukit Batu, Bukit Gebong, Lundu-Sematan, and Tanjung Seberang in Sarawak, Bukit Mengkabau and Corresponding author: Labuk Valley in Sabah, Sungai Rengit and Teluk Prof Dr Rusli Bin Nordin Ramunia in Johor, and Bukit Goh in Kuantan, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Pahang5. Sciences Monash University Malaysia Bauxite can be extracted from the surface or No. 8, Jalan Masjid Abu Bakar underground deposits. Most bauxite occurs near the 80100 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia surface of earth with 1 or 2 meters of overburden Email: [email protected] consisting of top soil and vegetation2. In addition, Tel: +6072190629 Fax: +6072243311 137 Volume 16 Number 2, June 2017 underground deposits occur due to covering of meters thick under an overburden of up to 10 other materials over bauxite after it has been meters thickness6. The deposits vary in thickness formed, and require underground mining to extract and most can be mined and processed without these deposits economically2,4. Surface mining is further treatment to concentrate the mineral more often carried out compared to underground through process of beneficiation. However, bauxite mining because most of bauxite deposits occur close ore from northern Brazil and Vietnam has a to the surface. Bauxite is thus extracted by shallow, high clay content, and has to be washed before open-cut mining using open-pit method from large processing3. Underground deposits require blanket-type lateritic deposits, which are 4–6 underground mining to extract them economically. Figure 1: Typical processes involved in surface mining of bauxite deposits3 Bauxite ore is then refined into alumina (Al2O3) by economically viable reserves of aluminium to last 1 Bayer process, where these aluminium-containing another 100 years to supply for current demand . minerals are dissolved in hot sodium hydroxide There is a growing need for bauxite due to (NaOH)6. The insoluble solids (bauxite residue, mud increasing demand for quality aluminium products, and sand) are washed, or partially neutralized and new reserves are to be discovered for economic 1 (using CO2 or seawater treatment), and deposited in viability . impoundments around the refinery using wet (yielding 15–30% solids) or dry (with 50–65% solids) Other than bauxite, alternative sources of disposal techniques6. Most of alumina then aluminium include kaolin clay, oil shale, coal 6 undergoes the Hall-Heroult electrolytic process to wastes and mineral anorthosite . However, bauxite be transformed into aluminium. reserves are plentiful and economically cheap compared to these alternatives; therefore, Approximately two to three tonnes of bauxite are technologies to process alternatives into aluminium required to produce a tonne of alumina as bauxite are not expected to progress beyond the 4 only contains 30-54% alumina1. Four to six tonnes of experimental stage . bauxite are required to be purified to produce one tonne of aluminium metal. Compared to refining of Recently, there appears to be concerns about the bauxite and electrolytic reduction of alumina, impact of bauxite mining not only towards the bauxite mining consumes only a small amount of environment, but also on the health of population, energy. especially in Kuantan. Mining areas are situated within residential zones, which lead to worries Current, global bauxite resources has been among the general public of its effects. estimated at more than 70 billion tonnes, with Environmental pollution due to bauxite mining the largest concentration in Guinea, where an remains a concern not only because of direct estimated 25 billion tonnes of bauxite might be pollution, but also due to detrimental short and long present3. It is projected that there are sufficient term effects. However, there is a lack of studies 138 Volume 16 Number 2, Dec 2017 especially in Malaysia on this matter, justifying the When it came to obtaining literature for the review, need for a review to allow better understanding of relevant research concerning environmental and its impacts, the standards of exposure and the laws occupational health impact of bauxite mining was pertaining to bauxite mining. identified by searching on Ovid Medline and PubMed. In order to ensure that relevant studies This paper aims to provide a general review of the were not missed, the search terms remained broad. impact of bauxite mining and its contents on the environment and individuals’ health, and to Using PubMed, keywords such as “bauxite”, “health encourage detailed research in this area. impact”, “aluminium oxide”, “bauxite refining”, “bauxite mining respiratory”, “bauxite mining MATERIALS AND METHODS occupational” were searched. Search strategy The bulk of the research was done on Ovid Medline First of all, Google Scholar search and BMJ were because of its extensive library of research papers used to better understand bauxite mining and its that allows a comprehensive search using the effects. Cochrane library was then used for further Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and “Additional research as it provided higher quality articles. On Limits”. No language restrictions were employed, st Google scholar, the keywords used were “bauxite and any paper published until 31 August 2016 was Malaysia review”, and the limit was set to “where reviewed. The following shows the relevant my words occur”. keywords used to narrow down our search: Topic Keywords Accidents Accidents, Occupational Adverse effects Adverse effects Air pollutants Air pollutants, Air, Pollutant, Occupational, Analysis, Adverse effects Bauxite Aluminium oxide, Aluminium, Oxide, Bauxite Bauxite mining Aluminium oxide, Aluminium, Oxide, Bauxite, Mining Dust Analysis Dust, Analysis Forced expiratory volume Forced expiratory volume, Forced, Expiratory, Volume Heavy metals Heavy, Metals, Heavy metals Health Impact Health, Impact, Health impact Inhalation exposure Inhalation, Exposure, Inhalation exposure Metallurgy Metallurgy Noise Noise, Occupational, Adverse effects Occupational exposure Occupational,
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