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Environment
Challenges in Strip Mining of Sodium Sulfate Sedimentary Reserves in Mighan Playa, Arak: Environmental Impacts and Engineering Solutions

Feridon Ghadimi; Abolfazl Shafaei; Abdolmotaleb Hajati

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2025.15633.3001

Abstract
  This work investigates the extraction of sodium sulfate (Na2SO4) from Mighan Playa in Arak, Iran, where 163 boreholes were drilled to depths of up to 20 m revealed a heterogeneous lithology dominated by Glauberite (Na2Ca(SO4)2) and Mirabilite (Na2SO4·10H2O) with average sodium sulfate concentrations ...  Read More

Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Waters due to Mineral Salts Company from Mighan playa/lake, Arak, Iran

F. Ghadimi; A. Hajati; A. Sabzian

Volume 11, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 171-184

https://doi.org/10.22044/jme.2019.8791.1765

Abstract
  The Mighan playa/lake is characterized as a closed catchment. In the recent years, the rapid industrialization and urbanization has resulted in a pollution area in the city of Arak. In this work, we focus on six regions around the playa/lake to study the distribution of heavy metals in the waters and ...  Read More