The impact may involve diverse forms of environmental change or damage, from short- to long-term effects and from highly spatially restricted to long-distance consequences. Just as any kind of human activity, mining has an inherent and partly unavoidable impact on the environment. From the first...
for example, does not have the same environmental impact as the equivalent amount of power sourced from coal. And China's bitcoin mining operations were known for both.
understanding of the context of mining and quarrying, with particular reference to its impact on land use, along with the spatial relationship between minerals – which can only be worked where they occur – and other forms of land use and designation in the 'post-industrial' landscape of ...
The nature of mining processes creates a potential negative impact on the environment both during the mining operations and for years after the mine is closed. This impact has led most of the world’s nations to adopt regulations designed to moderate the negative effects of mining operations. Saf...
Ecological impactRisksRo艧ia Montan膬 is the greatest gold ore in Romania and one of the greatest in Europe, and its exploitation has been carried out since Antiquity up to nowadays. If the traditional extraction and processing technologies had a minimal impact upon environment, the ones adopted ...
This article explores the claims used by international mining companies, based in Australia, to justify the impact which their activities have on the environment in both Australia and Melanesia. The first section of the paper looks at the character of the major mining companies involved. The ...
It demands responsible operations that consider their impact on the environment and neighboring communities. It also requires environmental strategies that are purpose-fit for specific biodiversity and landscapes, water resources, air quality, waste and materials management, and energy efficiency and climat...
Surface mining, which creates tailings dams, has the biggest impact on surrounding areas due to its relatively great volumes of material moved (Lin et al.2005). For instance, to produce one ton of copper, 350 tons of waste are generated, of which 147 tons are tailings (Kangwa2008). In ...
The difference between the impact of the old and the new approaches was even more significant in an on-site field test: Using electrokinetics can achieve a recovery efficiency higher than 90%, an 80% decrease in polluting agent usage and a 70% reduction in impurity. ...
This study probe the probable impacts of coal mining pollution and its impacts on human’s health and environment. A total of 144 samples including coal and coal wastes, soil, plants, foods, and water were collected from the Hancheng county and countryside of Shaanxi, China. All the samples ...