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Brazilian coal area (South Brazil) impacted the environment by means of a large number of coal waste piles emplaced over the old mine sites and the adjacent areas of the Criciúma, Urussanga, and Siderópolis cities. The area studied here was abandoned and after almost 30years (smokeless visual) some companies use the actual minerals derived from burning coal cleaning rejects (BCCRs) complied in the...