Evaluation of fertility and potential contamination of byproduct of the sand mining for use in agriculture

• Grant number: 16/10858-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Crop Science
• Principal Investigator: Danilo Eduardo Rozane
• Grantee: Kézia Stephany Batista Ferreira
• Host Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Registro. Registro , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Mining clusters is an important economic activity for society. The sand is an essential raw material for the implementation of various improvements, such as for housing construction, paving and sanitation. Although critical to many industry sectors, sand mining should be carried out in well planned manner. The chemical and mineralogical characteristics of the processing waste may be related to several factors, including the source material, anthropogenic interference of regional activities, and even with the extraction methodology and quality of services performed. The fate of the waste must be properly studied, as the material can present potential contaminants that can be extremely harmful to the environment. The region of the Ribeira / SP It has sand extraction areas in riverbeds where the disposal of waste is carried out on land near the processing site without giving a specific plan for their use. The aim of this study is to evaluate, in this region, the seasonality of fertility attributes and by product contamination potential of sand processing for use in agriculture. (AU)