Environmental aspects of large-size tire operation at open-pit mines
Abstract
Annually at 18 plants of CIS countries 70 million tires are manufactured, for the production of which 15 % of the total gross output of petrochemical and oil refining industry is used. The number of truck tires is 52.5 million - 75 % of all tires (in the USA - 20 %, in Western European countries - up to 12 %). The share of large-size tires (LSTs), which are equipped with dump trucks, construction and agricultural machines, reaches 2 % (in the USA - 1 %). LSTs have high material and energy intensity, which determines their high cost. Mining operations cause great damage to the environment, and a comprehensive environmental assessment of them has not yet been given. Since quarry vehicles are one of the main sources of pollution, the paper attempts to assess the environmental impact of LSTs on the environment during their operation at Russian quarries and utilization.
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